Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] were at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So you were at Bloxwich Lock in nineteen thirty nine when the second world war broke out then ?
2 Meanwhile we were at Ballyshannon , with its tall church spire seen from far away , its ‘ Old Barracks Bar and Lounge , 1700 ’ and a strange bell-and-weathercock tower that now housed a jeweller 's shop .
3 Two days later we were at Wrexham Hospital — not for Nigel to undergo traction as anticipated but to see the chest specialist and to be told that he had a fatal disease .
4 The prospect of an interesting friendship had been destroyed and now they were at daggers drawn .
5 This was erm well we were at County Hall of course and er subsequently we erm , they built this what was described as a derelict aircraft carrier and
6 And then we were at Frinton , masses of us , and we always used to go to Frinton in the summer because one of my uncles had a house there and we knew the people who erm dad used to play golf and mother used to knit on the beach , you know .
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