Example sentences of "[pers pn] was at [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was at that time in Jesus Christ , Superstar . |
| 2 | I know how good you were because I was at that stage in maths where I felt rudderless and becalmed , drifting helplessly as it were , as my peer group — the rest of the fleet — sailed serenely on towards the horizon . |
| 3 | Before losing out to Northampton who were bullies , I was at that match at Buckingham Road and I thought they were bullies , especially Bobby Barnes , not the wrestler , used to play for West Ham , but he plays for Northampton now , he 's gone now , but they were , they , they were naughty . |
| 4 | A talent scout heard him sing — actually it was at that performance at the Hall . |
| 5 | It was at that time like wine to be in the presence of the Lusignan Bastard , ebullient , assured of success , glowing with pride in himself and his army . |
| 6 | That 's how tight it was at that time o' day ! |
| 7 | It was at this period after the Norman invasion that the Palace of Mansion house was built for the Bishop of Rochester . |
| 8 | To get to that point , there was a quantum leap to be achieved , the proverbial turning point in a young man 's life when fate or some other thing takes a hand , and it was at this point in time that June — whom he says he still believed was his sister — reappeared in the story as a catalyst to a decision that would ultimately prove to be the most important in his life . |
| 9 | It was at this point in Morse 's recapitulation that the forensic brigade arrived ; and soon afterwards a royal-blue BMW carrying no lesser a personae than Chief Superintendent Bell from the City Police . |
| 10 | It was at this moment of increasing daily use that the most profound lifestyle changes were perceived by the interviewees . |
| 11 | It was at this stage of the process that the perception of the fieldworker as ‘ alright ’ became important . |
| 12 | It was at this stage of my search that I started to find lead weights . |
| 13 | It was at this salon at the age of fifteen and a half , working for a day 's wages of £1 plus tips , that she came in contact with Justin de Villeneuve , the man who suggested she should pose for some photographs and who later was to become her mentor . |
| 14 | Thereafter controversy over the issue subsided until June 1967 , when eviction proceedings were taken against eleven families who had refused accommodation offered to them by the rural district council because it was at some distance from the city . |
| 15 | It was at some distance from other groups , in those days not numerous , on that beach . |
| 16 | It was at some time within this period of dawning civilisation that the creatures at the head of the biological chain , that is , man 's early forebears , first experienced the effect of an intellectual development that directed their behaviour towards what was to become the origins of human cooperation . |
| 17 | Having followed P C and P C as he was at that time through the door , I went immediately to the bedroom on the right hand side , the second bedroom . |
| 18 | By his order dated 12 May 1992 Waite J. directed that in the interim pending a further hearing in the events that ( 1 ) J. 's medical condition changed so that his life was threatened but was capable of being prolonged by intensive therapeutic measures including artificial ventilation , and ( 2 ) he was at that time in the health authority 's care and ( 3 ) the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority were to cause such measures , including artificial ventilation , to be applied to J. for so long as they were capable of prolonging his life . |
| 19 | This presupposes that a person ( a ) is now conscious of the self he is now ; ( b ) is now conscious of the self he was at some time in the past ; and ( c ) can discern the identity of the self he is now and the self he was at some time in the past . |
| 20 | This presupposes that a person ( a ) is now conscious of the self he is now ; ( b ) is now conscious of the self he was at some time in the past ; and ( c ) can discern the identity of the self he is now and the self he was at some time in the past . |
| 21 | He was at this stage in his life too disinclined to indulge in retrospection and perhaps too self-absorbed to consider his mother 's life and death in the context of his own life . |