Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] was at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she woke up , she found she was at home with him at last . ’ |
| 2 | An alleged hitman accused of pushing a young couple over a cliff in a burning car has claimed he was at home smoking drugs at the time . |
| 3 | I imagine he was at home with his highly attractive wife . ’ |
| 4 | When I got my first job out of training it was at Worthing in a juvenile leading role and I got my Equity card because I had been chosen . |
| 5 | ‘ I did believe I was at sea , sir . ’ |
| 6 | There was a time , I can remember I was at school Cor ! |
| 7 | He was told she was at home . |
| 8 | Remember she was at Ricky 's party |
| 9 | Well I know it was at Street at one time . |
| 10 | Afterwards , when they were alone , Marshall said : ‘ If that was an accurate account , one person had ample opportunity to take the knife off the bar and we already know he was at Linley 's party . ’ |
| 11 | He found himself wishing he was at home again , at Polly 's home , and could creep stealthily into the twins ' room and sit there as he sometimes had at night , on the floor among their discarded toys and cuddly animals , with his back to the wall , listening to the sound of their breathing . |
| 12 | I believe you also fully understood what was at stake . ’ |
| 13 | The Scottish regional organiser of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union , Harry McLevy , said after yesterday 's meeting that the workers clearly understood what was at stake . |
| 14 | I see that Wetherall got MOTM for the game on Saturday from one of the tabloids , so much for me saying he was at fault for the goals . |
| 15 | I suppose he was at Jefferson 's . |
| 16 | Mr Frohnmayer 's standing at the White House fell rapidly as he began to understand what was at stake , and came to appreciate some of the challenging yet easily misrepresented art the NEA had subsidised . |
| 17 | You could generally tell who was at home by glancing at the sandals . |
| 18 | However , each time we called she would n't answer the door although we could see the curtain move so we knew she was at home . |
| 19 | Claire said , ‘ They were open , that 's why I thought she was at home . ’ |
| 20 | " When she did n't come home on Friday night , " she said , " her parents thought she was staying with her boyfriend and the boyfriend thought she was at home with her parents . " |
| 21 | The last time I saw him was at Walton Studios a few months before they closed down and the was he was doing he said he was unable to get a film to direct , so he was going to be Herbert Wilcox first assistant director on his forthcoming production . |
| 22 | Oh I thought he was at school , you know , bigger boy at school . |
| 23 | ‘ I suppose I really understood what was at stake when I got my first glimpse of the castle , ’ she admitted , unable to disguise a rather wry smile . |
| 24 | When a leader in the Independent accuses Freddie Mercury of being a bad example because of homosexual acts committed in strictly guarded privacy before he realised he was at risk , it is using science as a screen for unexamined prejudice . |
| 25 | When I 'd finished he hummed and hawed a bit , but finally admitted he was at fault and promised to apologise to you as well . |
| 26 | Well yeah she was , I think she was at Derek 's desk . |
| 27 | er and the , the son , I think he was at college himself |
| 28 | I think it was at Maitlands the lovely shop |
| 29 | Yeah he mentioned to me about a month ago well I think it was at Christmas , it was probably at Christmas time |
| 30 | In those days a wing commander engineering officer was still a GD pilot but after the long course ( I think it was at Henlow , on engineering ) they devoted all their energies to full time engineering . |