Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] were at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you were at Bloxwich Lock in nineteen thirty nine when the second world war broke out then ? |
| 2 | Meanwhile we were at Ballyshannon , with its tall church spire seen from far away , its ‘ Old Barracks Bar and Lounge , 1700 ’ and a strange bell-and-weathercock tower that now housed a jeweller 's shop . |
| 3 | Two days later we were at Wrexham Hospital — not for Nigel to undergo traction as anticipated but to see the chest specialist and to be told that he had a fatal disease . |
| 4 | The prospect of an interesting friendship had been destroyed and now they were at daggers drawn . |
| 5 | This was erm well we were at County Hall of course and er subsequently we erm , they built this what was described as a derelict aircraft carrier and |
| 6 | And then we were at Frinton , masses of us , and we always used to go to Frinton in the summer because one of my uncles had a house there and we knew the people who erm dad used to play golf and mother used to knit on the beach , you know . |
| 7 | See I 've got to remember , you see a few of them I had a load of them all talking , you know when I were at school ? |
| 8 | Can you remember when you were at school what sort of games you used to play ? |
| 9 | ‘ Did n't you learn history when you were at school ? ’ |
| 10 | Erm what How did you used to spend your time When you were at school but in your spare time . |
| 11 | In a class , where you were at school , they told you what to do . |
| 12 | At the time when we were at work , interest in what we did was widespread and encouraging because the area in which we were engaged and the questions we addressed seemed to many people important . |
| 13 | I began to think he was going to be a good companion to have when we were at sea . |
| 14 | George Underwood : ‘ I remember when we were at Bromley Tech , we would experiment with telepathy . |
| 15 | I do n't know why he makes you do that I mean it 's if that was something the I mean all Tony used to ever say when we were at traffic lights were if you want to you can put the handbrake on at this set of traffic lights if they were downhill |
| 16 | No Colchester you know , the came down , you know where we were at Hall ? |
| 17 | In fact they pay for the sort of thing they used to skive out of when they were at school . ’ |
| 18 | Wherever they were at school , a number of deaf children were unfortunate enough to stay there the whole duration of the war , neither seeing their parents nor going home for any holiday . |