Example sentences of "was at the wheel " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doyle was at the wheel , following through the Earl 's Court area . |
| 2 | The pilot , Milhaez , was at the wheel immediately behind the bench . |
| 3 | The captain was at the wheel ; Milhaez , who had piloted the boat through the night , lay asleep on the deck in a bundle of blankets . |
| 4 | A dirty looking young man was at the wheel . |
| 5 | Lieutenant Ward Bond was at the wheel of the police convertible hot on his tail . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've gained another four hundred grammes this week , ’ Faye told Belinda as she settled back into the semi-reclined passenger-seat of the Saab , while Belinda herself was at the wheel . |
| 7 | Eleanor Shergold was at the wheel with Snappy in the back . |
| 8 | Patrick was wishing he was at the wheel . |
| 9 | Mr Tuckett was at the wheel and obviously the family business was doing OK . |
| 10 | Johnny Dee was at the wheel . |
| 11 | Luce opened her eyes to find that a burly stranger in workmen 's overalls was at the wheel , and she was lying cradled against Michele 's chest , her head on his shoulder . |
| 12 | James Clamp , 23 , who was at the wheel of a car which struck a bridge parapet then burst into flames last June , was a disqualified driver . |
| 13 | Yet , as I watched all this from the very end of the slow queue , I had thought it would be me who would have been regarded the potential menace as I was at the wheel of the most outrageously styled and priced supercar ever . |