Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [pers pn] at the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Words fail one at such moments ’ said the President when the news was broken to him at the Kremlin by the Norwegian Ambassador , but immediately recovering his powers of speech , he said he did n't see the prize as a personal achievement . |
2 | Again this was reported to you at the last meeting of this Committee . |
3 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
4 | So she was writing to him at the time I telephoned . |
5 | It is unlikely that the crude material did much good , and not surprising that no more was said about it at the time . |
6 | If , for example , the reasons described seem unfair or conflict with what was said to you at the time of your dismissal , and you are eligible for unfair dismissal rights , the next step might be for you to make a complaint to the industrial tribunal . |
7 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
8 | I 've got your red book here cos I was looking at it at the weekend . |
9 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
10 | And Sheffield Crown Court has heard how a man allegedly kidnapped and raped his wife ; the man who ca n't be named for legal reasons , was separated from her at the time of the supposed attack , and the case is making legal history . |
11 | Donal was married on August 29 and shortly afterwards an appointment was made for him at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London . |
12 | A framed certificate was presented to her at the Good Companions ' meeting last week by chairman Janet Gill . |
13 | the prize of £1000 and a silver cup was presented to her at the college by Chief Executive , Best Western Hotels . |
14 | The Bristol Mail was heading towards them at the piteously slow speed of a horse and cart , urged forward by a sleep-weary teenage post-boy . |
15 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
16 | For an hour the guests sat patiently listening ; then everybody got up and , with the air of people who have been thinking of little else for some time , demolished the langoor ( free food ) which was waiting for them at the rear of the house . |
17 | To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital . |
18 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
19 | When I got back to the attic , Jean-Claude was waiting for me at the top of the stairs . |
20 | When I went into town to order my new clothes , Mr Pumblechook was waiting for me at the door of his shop . |
21 | This time he was waiting for me at the table . |
22 | Jonadab was waiting for her at the stair bottom . |
23 | Uncle Alfred was waiting for her at the entrance to the nest when she arrived . |
24 | The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half-stuffed peregrine falcon . |
25 | Luke was waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase , fifteen minutes later , looking — surprise , surprise ! — extremely impatient . |
26 | Fernando was waiting for her at the kerbside , leaning against his white convertible Mercedes . |
27 | Tom was waiting for him at the bottom . |
28 | Georgi Kirov was waiting for him at the appointed place and time . |
29 | Hasan was waiting for him at the top of the stairs , and , as soon as he heard his guardian 's tread , the little boy sat up , sniffed the air and stretched out his hands like a cat , waking after sleep . |
30 | Cranston was waiting for him at the small tavern just outside Aldgate in the Portsoken overlooking the stinking city ditch . |