Example sentences of "[verb] he [was/were] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I imagine he was at home with his highly attractive wife . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I suppose he was at Jefferson 's . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Oh I thought he was at school , you know , bigger boy at school . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | er and the , the son , I think he was at college himself |
| 12 | White said he was at home smoking drugs when the attack took place . |
| 13 | But Young and Smyth denied knowing anything about the attack or the woman 's death , and the court heard that Young , a self-confessed drug addict , said he was at home suffering from withdrawal symptoms on the day of the mugging . |
| 14 | He said he was at Dynmouth Comprehensive himself , a terrible dump . |
| 15 | For a moment , he almost wished he were at home , but then he shook his head as if to rid himself of the thought . |
| 16 | In fact he had sent a message via the Chief Whip telling him that if he felt he must abstain he was at liberty to do so . |