Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It attracted me like a magnet when I was a youth , and soon as I could leave school I was up at the course for a caddying job . |
| 2 | for October , I think , when I was up at the hospital and it was down not I was below . |
| 3 | the structured thought patterns I found that the most important because when I was up at the table on the second presentation I was able to have my thoughts relating to the layout already and with in fact just the single element of the subject shown on my paper I could immediately focus on that and in fact give the details of that right the way through . |
| 4 | I 'd taken a box of medication I was on at the time — drops I needed for my eyes , my asthma inhalant and things like that . |
| 5 | I was on at the time , I had my period . |
| 6 | ‘ The state I was in at the time I 'd have wanted to murder him myself . |
| 7 | Sophie , Pascoe thought — phoning when I was out at the cove trying to tempt that bastard out of hiding . |
| 8 | Yeah there was five women and dad was away and I was out at the fishing just for the night . |
| 9 | Then I was down at the Chough last night and everyone was on about it . |
| 10 | I think I would have to give the biscuit to him because one day I was down at the bankruptcy court and I discovered that he had 130 petitions on the file and I do n't think mine reached 100 ! |
| 11 | I was down at the library today . |
| 12 | In a few quick strides I was back at the bend , and was just in time to see a movement in the bushes on the lower side of the track . |
| 13 | ‘ But I saw your husband come into the tent while you were over at the tombola , ’ Mrs Doran said to Mrs Yardley . |
| 14 | If you find it hard to stick to a diet , try keeping a diary for a week where you record what you 've eaten and when , how hungry you were and what sort of mood you were in at the time . |
| 15 | She was up at the window looking out . |
| 16 | He smiled at her again later when she was up at the bar ordering a second round for her and Natasha , as he and his friends were standing further along the bar . |
| 17 | Today she was up at the crack of dawn , 4.30 , to make breakfast for her man friend . |
| 18 | It seemed she was up at the Jubilee Tower practising the tango with Nigel and they would be down shortly with the papers . |
| 19 | ‘ No , but she says she was round at the local . |
| 20 | Perhaps her greatest defiance , the extravagant music centre she had ordered from the junk mail , arrived when she was out at the restaurant . |
| 21 | She was down at the scene of the picket . |
| 22 | She was back at the hotel by 7.45 . |
| 23 | She was back at the desk when he stood up , stretched elaborately , and said : ‘ Guess I 'll get myself a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's time she was back at the hospital . ’ |
| 25 | But she kept on running , as panic overtook her , and did n't stop until she was back at the lift . |
| 26 | In her mind , she was back at the flat in rue Roland , a jumble of bloodstained sheets confronting her . |
| 27 | We were on remand for about three months and then we were up at the Crown court . |
| 28 | She said , she turned to Mr Fleming and she said , ‘ Darling , do you mind when we were up at the Uni , and that … |
| 29 | We were back at the university , sitting on the bench as if nothing had happened . |
| 30 | Three weeks went by and we were back at the vet 's surgery . |