Example sentences of "[pers pn] be at a [noun] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , on one of my visits I was at a meeting when I heard some commotion outside and asked what it was . |
| 2 | I was at a stage where I was used to getting something like cannabis or whatever and , with none of that being around , I thought a bit of this wo n't do me any harm and it just took off from there . |
| 3 | I was at a stage where I was used to getting something like cannabis or whatever and with none a that being round I thought a bita this wo n't do me any harm and it just took off from there … . |
| 4 | Then I did get a break because I was at a party where there were lots of television producers who like to relax and let their hair down , fall out of windows and things like that . |
| 5 | Have you been at a party where you found yourself in a room and people started skinning up ? |
| 6 | In a sense , we all understand perfectly well what experiences are ; it is when we are challenged to explain this understanding that we are at a loss how to put it into words . |
| 7 | As I see it , we are at a crossroad where far-reaching decisions must soon be made by women , by local authorities and central government . |
| 8 | They are at a stage when they are likely to be concerned with a variety of complex issues ; the meaning of life , the existence of God , ideologies , their emerging sexuality , their future career and life-style — too often science is seen as being purely instrumental with nothing to contribute to these debates . |
| 9 | And I have stayed ever since because when I joined Roadwatch it was at a time when they were developing from just 15 information stations throughout the country — there are now almost 100 . |
| 10 | ‘ When I discovered I was pregnant , it was at a time when I was very manic about the group , I felt it was my mission . |
| 11 | This experience was invaluable when I went to college , for it was at a time when students in training were being told that if a lesson was interesting enough , children would listen . |
| 12 | It was at a time when there was a big age difference : the elder students were ex-soldiers . |
| 13 | It was at a time when many lesbians , angry at the lack of weight given to women 's issues within the mixed movement and at the continuing sexism of many gay men , chose to prioritize work with the women 's movement . |
| 14 | It was at a time when Joyce had brought proceedings for divorce against his first wife , an action which ended in the dissolution of the marriage in 1936 . |
| 15 | The Arab world was alarmed at the implications of the new Cabinet for the peace process , formed as it was at a time when the USA was considering breaking off its 16-month dialogue with the PLO , following the abortive raid on the Israeli coast on May 30 [ see this page for breaking off of dialogue on June 20 ] . |
| 16 | ‘ I think he was at a stage where he dare not sleep . |
| 17 | that he was at a meeting where Margaret Thatcher was speaking , and he erm made a comment about what the people in his constituency perceived about something , and she got up and said ‘ now that 's totally wrong ’ . |