Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NATO Secretary-General , Manfred Wörner , commented that " to see defence ministers who were in a sense at the heart of the Cold War confrontation sitting in a spirit of partnership around the same table is a remarkable and moving event " . |
| 2 | They were in a bedroom at the left side of the house when I joined them . |
| 3 | In fact , the work we have done together has always been very harmonious — although I imagine if we were in a sit-com at the same time we could get a bit waspish — ‘ She 's got more lines than me … but it 's never happened so far . |
| 4 | Perhaps we , I mean , then British Section said to us on this erm and I 'd s , already said I think er by the time it got to this stage of conversation that we were without a prisoner at the moment , but , but awaiting one , and he said well , that would ex , that would explain it because er , until we initiate it , British Section initiates it you wo n't get another prisoner , they 're waiting for conformation from R E S |
| 5 | He and I were at a lobby at the House of Commons yesterday , in er , celebration of the mobility allowance , which campaigned very successfully , and we , in the Community Transport field , have very close working relationships and communication . |
| 6 | This was resolved by the head-type , where arrival and departure was through a head-building at the end of the tracks . |
| 7 | It was like a nightclub at the Lido . |
| 8 | She was like a ghost at the table , a shy shadow , watching her brother and pleating her apron with nervous , red fingers . |
| 9 | yeah , and er , well anyway she down , she was like a model at the end |
| 10 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 11 | ‘ My father was in a camp at the end of the war , ’ Lucy said . |
| 12 | It was in a field at the far end of the village where I live , just across from the playing field and cricket ground . |
| 13 | Well , at least until Sunday when I was on a promise at the hospital with Ruth and some new bandages . |
| 14 | Having established by radio that the survivor was on a knoll at the north end of Burwick Holm George Williamson headed to the east of the island to approach from the more sheltered leeward side . |
| 15 | The woman was at a table at the other end of the vehicle tidying away the orange peel . |
| 16 | He only saw Emily Groundwater once again in his life , and that was at a soirée at the Heathertons ' , to which he was invited because the Professor had told the chaplain of Paul 's impending journey to Oxford . |