Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] was at [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | From 1971 to 1972 he was at Woolwich as a technical staff officer , and then took command of 4th Field Regiment , RA , in Northern Ireland . |
2 | The noise swelled again , now enlarged by people gabbling about how exciting it was at Fif 's , and was n't that gorgeous man the famous Gharr , and who was the sexy little cat-person with him , and so on . |
3 | Thus , Aircraftsman First Class Mahaddie left the chalk hills of the Chilterns with some regrets , and a deal of thanksgiving for the blessings bestowed , to enter the RAF proper , and proper it was at Cranwell — the RAF College . |
4 | I feel how much he was at people 's mercy , being manipulated , and it does upset me . |
5 | In November 1647 he was at Ware promoting the Agreement of the People among the mutinous troops of the army of Thomas Fairfax ( third Baron Fairfax of Cameron , q.v . ) . |
6 | I told you all I was at liberty to and thought you had accepted it . ’ |
7 | On May 11 she was at Camp IV ( 7,900m ) on the north side of the mountain with her companion Carlos Carsolio , where she complained of sickness and did not eat well . |
8 | I must have been at , well I 'm sure it was at home . |
9 | First he was at pains to deny opium 's power to intoxicate , asserting that the drug produced a static , ‘ chronic pleasure ’ lasting perhaps ten hours . |
10 | In 1935 he was at Loe Agra , where there was more fierce fighting , and then on the Khajuri Plain and up the Khyber Pass . |
11 | What you 're finding is , depends normally on length of service with a company , er , but the longer someone 's been there , I think th the best I 've heard , and that 's what I used to get , was sort of six months full salary , six months half salary , after that it was at company discretion . |
12 | I realized just what a macho I was at heart . |