Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [was/were] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always swore that when he was going over the Baloch that 's the the road between Glen Ayloch and Kil and Glen Shee , he said i if you were at certain hour of the night he said as sure as anything there was a man on horseback pass you with this horse . |
| 2 | It 's a problem that shows no sign of disappearing — while we were at Long Lartin there was another skirmish which left two prisoners seriosuly injured . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've known Geoffrey since he was at prep school . |
| 4 | My best memory when I was at Primary School was that I was a member of a Gymnastics club and for many weeks we rehearsed our routine to do in front of the school and parents . |
| 5 | ‘ Although I had not had a sexual experience when I was at high school , I thought I should be ready , if and when it came , and so I thought I should stock up . |
| 6 | And in which town an er were living when you were at primary school ? |
| 7 | Now then , which town er , were you living when you were at secondary school ? |
| 8 | You know that she read archeology by correspondence when she was at finishing school . |
| 9 | Now the old problem arose again : she found herself in new places and she was more interested in exploring them thoroughly than she was in the chick , even though she was at flying weight . |
| 10 | It was a huge , three-bladed affair suspended from the roof and when it was at full blast it was hard to keep papers still on his desk . |
| 11 | Throughout the 1930s , Ernest Bevin was the dominant figure on this body as he was at Labour Party conferences , shaping Labour 's domestic and foreign policy . |