Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [was/were] 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 | A post-mortem examination revealed she was HIV positive and health chiefs decided to alert women who had given birth at the hospital and might feel they were at risk of infection . |
| 4 | I imagine he was at home with his highly attractive wife . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I did believe I was at sea , sir . ’ |
| 7 | There was a time , I can remember I was at school Cor ! |
| 8 | He was told she was at home . |
| 9 | He acknowledged they were at odds with the Government over the agreement , but said the North Down association would support the party manifesto . |
| 10 | Well we 've been , I mean we were at Jenny 's for a while , I went to the bank and eh , then we 've been into Bromley all afternoon . |
| 11 | ‘ I know you were at Gamages for a while . |
| 12 | Remember she was at Ricky 's party |
| 13 | Well I know it was at Street at one time . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I suppose he was at Jefferson 's . |
| 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 | ‘ I 'm sorry , David , but when they knew you were at Conway House , that decided the matter . ’ |
| 20 | I thought you were at home , and the demoiselle also. , |
| 21 | I thought you were at Claro . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I thought you were at Malham . ’ |
| 23 | Yes he thought you were at college today because I said no , I said erm it 's Tuesday he goes cos Kathy said oh your dad could of come on Monday , oh what 's this lad 's name who was helping me today ? |
| 24 | Claire said , ‘ They were open , that 's why I thought she was at home . ’ |
| 25 | " 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 . " |
| 26 | Jolly cabaret in the Odeon-like theatre made us forget we were at sea ; a friendly , comfortable ship with pleasant , fairly roomy cabins . |
| 27 | In Force 4 winds , with the tide running , we knew we were at sea . |
| 28 | I always thought we were at war with the Pan-Prussian Military Party . |
| 29 | He knew they were at boarding-schools , but it was something to say to the kids . |
| 30 | This was not very difficult ; the Spanish still did not recognize other colonies in the Caribbean and the old rule of ‘ no peace beyond the line ’ went on , so that West Indian governments could still recruit on an official basis men who were committed to fighting against the Spanish whether the governments thought they were at war or not . |