Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were co-worshippers at the Surfside Pyramid . ’ |
| 2 | Rabbiting on as if — as if they were friends at the very least … |
| 3 | They were students at the University of Glasgow , and had no knowledge of the point of the experiment . |
| 4 | They were toddlers at the time of Watergate , not yet 10 when Mrs Thatcher came to power , Nato decided to introduce cruise and Pershing missiles and the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan . |
| 5 | The overall incidence of symptomatic gall stones among the 20819 women who said they were smokers at the start of the study was 20% higher than that found among the 25558 non-smokers . |
| 6 | They were colleagues at the university . |
| 7 | Carl Shirley , son of James and Gladys who between them were licensees at the hotel from 1933–53 , died on February 23 . |