Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] at this point " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German countess then began to speak , but I was at this point , for some reason I do not recollect , obliged to leave the drawing room for an extended period . |
| 2 | It was at this point that Tolkien reiterated the argument already made familiar to Lewis by Barfield . |
| 3 | It was at this point that police initially peacefully and totally unsuccessfully , sought to persuade the protesters to disperse . |
| 4 | It was at this point that David met Mary Finnigan , a journalist living in Beckenham , for the first time . |
| 5 | All sorts of little sub-businesses grew after the first month or two and it was at this point that we thought it would be nice to turn it into something more than just a folk club . |
| 6 | It was at this point that the Channel Tunnel at last came into its own . |
| 7 | To get to that point , there was a quantum leap to be achieved , the proverbial turning point in a young man 's life when fate or some other thing takes a hand , and it was at this point in time that June — whom he says he still believed was his sister — reappeared in the story as a catalyst to a decision that would ultimately prove to be the most important in his life . |
| 8 | It was at this point that Gerry Fitt , Eddie McAteer and Austin Currie were injured . |
| 9 | Gedge 's studies came to an end and it was at this point that he realised his obsessive interest in music could not be satisfied by part-time activity while he searched for a ‘ proper ’ job . |
| 10 | It was at this point that I gave up any hopes for an aviation career simply because of the increasing high cost of hiring that DH Moth for a few hours every weekend . |
| 11 | It was at this point when Wright , invited by Shaw to see a performance , walked out . |
| 12 | It was at this point that I came face to face with the realisation that human beings could be studied like other animals , and I went on , past chimpanzees , to investigate the behaviour of this strange creature that I christened The Naked Ape . |
| 13 | In the thirties the business expanded , with further branches opening in the North of England and Scotland and it was at this point that the name Beaverbrooks was adopted . |
| 14 | It was at this point , with Ferrari flushed with success , and as usual — like an Italian after a filling bowl of pasta — somnolent in regard to the future , that Montezemolo went back to Fiat and a successor had to be found . |
| 15 | It was at this point , when I was twelve years old , that I took to reading junk books the way some people take to eating junk food . |
| 16 | It was at this point — a year or so into our campaign — that I realized that my efforts were not always appreciated by the other members of the group . |
| 17 | It was at this point that I met Gerry . |
| 18 | It was at this point that I decided to put her back on a loose creance , so that she could approach the lure from whatever direction she pleased . |
| 19 | It was at this point , partly because I was so nervous , that I felt it necessary to build her weight up a little , so I fed her up and overdid it , with the result that she got above her ideal flying weight . |
| 20 | Even though Churchill was appointed as one of the presidents of the Movement , it was at this point that British leadership began to disappear from the unity movement . |
| 21 | It was at this point that Duregar made an important decision . |
| 22 | It was at this point I decided to modify the router fence with two aluminium blocks which allowed me to work off that face but beneath the area I wanted to machine away . |
| 23 | Putting out the cigarette again , as though stubbing Alice out of existence , he said , " I thought it was some hooligan , these kids who come into a house on an impulse " It was at this point that the next thought hit him , and again he sat staring . |
| 24 | It was at this point that the facts ceased to have their air of permanent naturalness . |
| 25 | It was at this point that Napoleon became entangled in the feuds of the court factions ; his exploitation of these feuds after the tumult of Aranjuez gave a confused start to a national revolution . |
| 26 | It was at this point that Laba had effected the only feasible escape procedure for such circumstances , although it required a good deal of luck . |
| 27 | It was at this point I noticed a change come over his team mates . |
| 28 | It was at this point that I left to seek medical help for fear I would split my sides . |
| 29 | It was at this point , while we were stumbling about , not really knowing what to say with so many other people present , that Eric suggested we should borrow a driver and jeep from the ASC — this boy was the biggest borrower of jeeps I had ever met — and set off for Fontanellato , where we could all be reunited : my parents , the Merlis , the Superiora and the suore at the hospital , and as many of the other people who had helped him as possible , including Dr Sambataro , of whom there had been no news since he joined the partisans . |
| 30 | It was at this point that Venturous took over the job completely and we holed up discreetly just round the corner in Helford River to await news of the suspect 's departure , to be signalled to us by our Investigation colleagues ashore . |