Example sentences of "[pron] were at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About 15,000 feet presumably someone called ‘ Tally Ho ! ’ because I suddenly saw three Ju88s , which were at the same height , slightly to my left , range about 1,000 yards , and heading away from Malta . |
| 2 | This may well have provided relief and reassurance to those many antislavery people who were at the respectable fringes rather than the centre of religious , social and political power as well as for different and obvious reasons those who were closer to the centre . |
| 3 | In making this break with tradition , James , it seems , had come to the conclusion that it was time for the intellectual elite to shut up and listen to the workers for a change for it was they who were at the sharp end of the production system and therefore they who first sensed any changes in patterns of production . |
| 4 | Well on the issue of what 's happening in the er Health Authority here , it 's a very much erm a surprise to everybody because those of us who were at the last meeting that we had , only a couple of months ago , to quite categorically saying that , she , that she was just not interested in the . |
| 5 | On page five , those of you who were at the last council meeting will know that the City Centre Management Working Party were charged with the responsibility of looking at the whole issue of street trading . |
| 6 | Now come on Stephen you were at the same debate that I was at , the housing committee . |
| 7 | In November we were at the annual bazaar at the English ( episcopal ) church , where we also made many contacts . |
| 8 | We were at the opposite poles of humanity . |
| 9 | Thucydides writes with feeling : he complains in his own person in book v ( 68 ) of the secrecy with which the Spartans conduct their affairs , which meant that no one knew how many Spartans there were at the first battle of Mantinea in 418 . |
| 10 | Although they were at the agricultural policies undoubtedly continue to be relevant , still have a significant part to play in many current situations . |
| 11 | Now they were at the elegant pavement café beside the library . |
| 12 | They were at the Labour Party conference together last year and that 's when it began . |
| 13 | They were at the sharp end of an operation conceived at the Oxford based company Unipart . |
| 14 | At Penywaun , years later , he told me about John Evans and his sister as they were at the first two decades of this century : I sensed as a boy they were unusual but now I recognized how different they were . |
| 15 | There was a master over-ride switch outside each of the stages , allowing them to pass swiftly through until they were at the deepest level . |
| 16 | They were at the deep end of the pool and both trod water to keep afloat . |
| 17 | They were at the highest point for twenty li about . |
| 18 | Of course , they were at the opposite ends of the price range . |
| 19 | Because Dannii was famous and they were at the same school , Kylie wanted to make a name for herself . |
| 20 | She looked from one to the other to make sure they were at the same height . |
| 21 | They were at the same impasse . |
| 22 | In ritual status they were at the very top of the system and ranked higher even than the kings . |
| 23 | As Sawyer and Darton wrote so tellingly in English Books : ‘ The Running Stationers , as they were at the last called , bore a light but precious fardel : just the Short History of the English People — no more . ‘ |
| 24 | We have some wry wry smiles from some of the older people er in the group here because they er did n't get much when they were at the formative stages of their careers . |
| 25 | They were at the High Council under the guidance of Cod . |
| 26 | What White and Bernard also omit to make clear is that , while the great majority of the ordinary members of the church may well have been largely indifferent to theological issues , many of them were at the same time both outraged and alarmed by a number of alien liturgical practices , which were a unique and highly visible feature of English Arminianism . |
| 27 | Passengers at the time amounted to several thousands on the SVR Gala , most of whom were at the northern Bridgnorth end of the line , enjoying rides behind 56014 and 59101 which was earlier named ‘ Village of Whatley ’ . |
| 28 | I beg your pardon I beg your pardon twelve , these two things were separate you know one could be added to the other in looking an as it were at the total employment requirement . |