Example sentences of "[was/were] there at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some may find the external colours of the dome surprising , but apparently these reds , blues and creams are faithful to the colours that were there at the end of the 17C . |
| 2 | ‘ We have a number of differing accounts from the people who were there at the time . |
| 3 | In addition to fully appreciating the significance and context of much of the material they wanted to use , pupils also intended to create new material themselves by acting roles as if they were there at the time . |
| 4 | Once we were there at the same time . |
| 5 | The Society has displayed confidence in the contributors by printing their nostalgic talk verbatim and the result is a fascinating account of the town in the earlier part of this century , through the voices of the men and women who were there at the time . |
| 6 | The other powers did n't like it — they wanted Britain to get out of Egypt — but so long as the fiction could be maintained that the British were there at the express request of the Egyptian sovereign , there was not much they could do about it . |
| 7 | hard on the heels of wimbledon comes another British institution and that 's the Royal Rowing Regatta at Henley … the women were there at the weekend and that 's where we start our roundup |
| 8 | He was there at the end , opening the double doors for us . |
| 9 | In the race , the 905 was delayed by tyre , ignition and handling problems but , after Rosberg had revelled in the rain , it was there at the finish , 13th . |
| 10 | This was one of only two occasions Botham tasted victory as England captain , the other being in a one-day game against Australia a year later , and each time he was there at the death . |
| 11 | L'amico Fritz was being performed and Mascagni was there at the rehearsal . |
| 12 | ‘ I know because I was there at the time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And they were there and nobody was there at the same time ! ’ says Derry . |
| 14 | Elaborate preparations had been made for a meeting between the two kings at Gloucester : King Malcolm was there at the appointed time , but Rufus refused to see him , and the two parted , in the Chronicler 's words ‘ in great enmity ’ . |
| 15 | The police raided the Crown in Dock'ead an' stopped the boxin' that was goin' on there , an' they nicked a lot o' street bookies who was there at the time . |
| 16 | She was there at the departmental conference and he included her in the general nod and smile as he entered the executive producer 's office , but his eyes were guarded , and not just on her account . |
| 17 | he was in at the beginning and he was er he was there at the end , sort of thing . |
| 18 | But er , I did n't believe in , well it was me dad 's pigs of course , but I was there at the time as well like , you know . |
| 19 | did n't have a grieve it was just my brothers that was there at the time . |
| 20 | We do n't know the Pitt girl was there at the scene of his suicide , nor if there was any potassium cyanide left . |
| 21 | I was there at the time . ’ |
| 22 | But Dexter Tiranti was there at the naïve and idealistic beginning — and is still here in the careworn ( but still idealistic ) present . |
| 23 | She said : ‘ I was there at the accident just after it happened . |
| 24 | We work with about 60 women a year , and I know many of them would genuinely say that at the start they were unemployable , that they could have gone back to drugs , ended up back in prison , but they did n't because Clean Break was there at the right time for them , to give them the opportunities they needed . |
| 25 | That was Fiona , Fiona Hill , who was there at the . |
| 26 | Something that was there at the time ? |