Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were soon rounded up at nearby Maidenhead railway station . |
| 2 | ‘ We were really young , and were almost burnt out at 21 years old , ’ explained Setzer . |
| 3 | No , were actually going out at seven |
| 4 | The group was hardly set back at all by the major extinction at the end of the Cretaceous , and has never been more varied than it is today . |
| 5 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 6 | She was now looking round at both their houses distastefully , though the houses looked the same as usual , snow on the roofs , snow a foot deep over the yards , snow poised on every twig and leaf , a cloud from the central-heating chimney hovering calmly over each residence . |
| 7 | As it deepened to the random of the East Shaft top landing station a connecting tunnel was driven between the two and sinking debris was now brought out at this point and tipped on the fellside . |