Example sentences of "[pers pn] be at [adj] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was at that party last night , the same as you . ’ |
| 2 | I was at one point some years ago told that more money 's invested in pigeon racing than in horse racing . |
| 3 | I was at eight months pregnant at the time . |
| 4 | They are at any rate central and have I believe served for various committees of inquiry , etcetera , before . |
| 5 | It 's at this stage that mercury comes into the picture . |
| 6 | It 's at this point that AIDS develops . |
| 7 | But some will , and it is at such times that counselling can play an important role . |
| 8 | It is at first sight difficult to account for the anomalous position of Birmingham , which has a rather high productivity score , but whose proportion of first papers in the core journal set is low . |
| 9 | It is at any rate possible that in her a certain ethical rightness and decency coexisted with aesthetic stiffness and suspicion . |
| 10 | Again , in discussing punctuated equilibria ( much or the initial impact of which depended on the assertion that Darwin had got things wrong ) it is not until after several pages that we are told ‘ It is at this stage entertaining to realise ’ that Darwin ‘ anticipated the present debate ’ . |
| 11 | It is at these times that fate may appear to step in and take over the proceedings . |
| 12 | Certainly , it was at one time essential for certain musical movements to be of a precise length , for otherwise the dancers of gavottes and minuets would find themselves in sorry confusion . |
| 13 | It was at one period customary , where a town was the centre of the see of a bishop and where in consequence there was a cathedral , to classify the town as a city . |
| 14 | It was at this place last year that Gabellah found the touch with God which has carried him to his present leadership . |
| 15 | It was at this time that ‘ Space Oddity ’ was released , a period in David 's life that brought both triumph and tragedy . |
| 16 | It was at this time that man 's dawning awareness of it , stimulated his need to preserve his acceptance of the innate goodness of the evolutionary process , that is , his need to have a ‘ god ’ of some sort , that is to ‘ create ’ a God . |
| 17 | Indeed it was at this time that scientism really began to become important , not only in Britain but throughout western Europe , the USA , Russia and Japan . |
| 18 | The pathologist had said it was at this stage impossible to give an opinion but the report also said the police were treating the case as murder . |
| 19 | He was at all times placid , unruffled , cool , calm and collected . |
| 20 | He was at all times happy , said his lordship , to give his assent to any measure that could relieve the unfortunate debtor without giving an opportunity to the adulterer , the swindler etc. to take advantage of the same law — . |
| 21 | Despite the fact that he had worked for most of the period of his contract in England , lived in England , was paid in English currency and paid National Insurance contributions in the UK , he was at all times liable to be recalled to Dhaka . |