Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I was given it at the end of a stormy course on race relations given to staff at Hen don Police College .
2 My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road .
3 The vociferation grew louder and louder all the time while I was serving myself at the counter .
4 About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time .
5 It 's bigger than British Telecom which , at its profitable peak , was coining it at the rate of £90 a second .
6 At least that 's what I was telling myself at the start line of the Bury 20 .
7 But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances .
8 But Platt insisted that his only interest in Diego Maradona 's old club was beating them at the weekend to boost Bari 's survival chances .
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