Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [was/were] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps she was at the pub . |
| 2 | But suddenly he was at the door , swaying slightly , his pyjama jacket gaping open . |
| 3 | She found first gear and was about to let the clutch out when suddenly he was at the door beside her . |
| 4 | Soon we were at the village of Louth , which Gerry pronounced ‘ Lowth ’ . |
| 5 | Twenty minutes later I was at the head of the queue . |
| 6 | Now she was at the door of number 28 , which had not been repainted , but still Miss Statham lingered . |
| 7 | Now they were at the elegant pavement café beside the library . |
| 8 | Well there was at the time obviously . |
| 9 | Well he was at the wedding . |
| 10 | Eventually he was at the top of the slope that led down to the little towns of Streatley and Goring , separated , like their respective counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire , by the River Thames . |
| 11 | So there I was at the Whirl-Y-Gig , which is a New Age club much favoured by the Haight-Ashbury set . |
| 12 | One day before we had moved up there I was at the melin for a few days with an actress friend from London when I announced my attendance at a jumble sale that afternoon . |
| 13 | Twice I was at the cinema when it burned down . |
| 14 | There must be someone out there who was at the match or saw highlights . |
| 15 | There she was at the door . ’ |
| 16 | First , there is now , and indeed there was at the time of the committal hearing , no equity in the property . |
| 17 | There they were at the table , his mother in a hat like a helmet , his father carving the bloody paw which was all the food on offer . |
| 18 | There he was at the side of the stage , looking pretty , inconsequentially strumming his guitar . |
| 19 | The study door was open and there he was at the far end of the laboratory . |
| 20 | Yes , there it was at the centre , just as she 'd half recalled , a small panel carved with two stars and a Centaur aiming an arrow into the night sky . |