Example sentences of "[pers pn] be at [adj] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was at eight months pregnant at the time . |
| 2 | They are at any rate central and have I believe served for various committees of inquiry , etcetera , before . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is at any rate possible that in her a certain ethical rightness and decency coexisted with aesthetic stiffness and suspicion . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was at all times placid , unruffled , cool , calm and collected . |
| 10 | 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 — . |
| 11 | 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 . |