Example sentences of "[pers pn] were at [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were at one time , ’ said Doctor Lanyon . |
| 2 | I know we were at one point . |
| 3 | Now we were at 2,000 feet , the grasslands and such trees as there had been were below us . |
| 4 | But they were at one minute 's notice to move . |
| 5 | Both Iran and Iraq were Muslim countries , both were ripe for economic development , both had significant oil resources being exploited by foreign concessionaires ( they were at one stage to co-operate over the development of a small oilfield straddling the frontier near Kermanshah ) and both had restive Kurdish minorities . |
| 6 | On August 12 a clear sky gave the French duo their chance , and by the following evening they were at 6900 metres , having climbed 1200 metres of mixed ground reminiscent of the north face of Les Courtes in the Chamonix Alps . |