Example sentences of "were [v-ing] at an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the delegates assembled for the Special Conference on August 15th they heard a lot of revolutionary-sounding rhetoric from leaders who knew that they were kicking at an open door . |
| 2 | Output prices were rising at an annual rate of 4½ p.c. last month , against 4.4 p.c. in February . |
| 3 | The talks began early yesterday morning and were continuing at an undisclosed venue . |
| 4 | Erm for instance in the period eighty nine to ninety two , we were running at an annual average of about a hundred and seventy four conversions a year . |
| 5 | Over the third quarter of this year , he told parliament , output by Soviet industry had risen at a rate of one per cent while wages were soaring at an annual pace of 15 per cent . |
| 6 | They were sitting at an outside table in one of the corner cafés of the Ataba el Khadra , out of reach of the traffic but strategically placed so that they could watch not only all the interesting things that went on in the square but also the more sophisticated exchanges which went on between tourist and native in Musky Street . |
| 7 | Maybe not that tense We were lunching at an emeried chalet off Bank Street in the West Village — licensed , sure , but with a suspicion of health food , of careful eating , of macrobiotics and longevity . |
| 8 | The aircraft crashed just 30 yards from buildings where 40 people were working at an agricultural firm in Buckinghamshire . |