Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] were [adv] at " in BNC.

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1 Harbury and Linda Finch were together at a table when she got there .
2 The beliefs of this group centred on Downing Street were completely at odds with the ideas of most of the Great and Good whom , indeed , they regarded as a symptom of the problem .
3 THE visit to the Alhambra next day was not the joy Maggie had hoped it would be , at least not initially , because Candace and Peter Rainford were there at breakfast and even more resolute in their determination to join Felipe 's party .
4 Although France and Great Britain were technically at peace , constant clashes occurred between their forces both on sea and on land .
5 AT THEIR first meeting , Bill Clinton and John Major were clearly at pains to avoid a row .
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