Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] was at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julian Charley , to Edward England , my publisher , and to St. John 's College , Nottingham , where I was at that time principal , and by whose Governors I had been given study leave in order to write the book . |
| 2 | A steady eighty miles an hour and where it was at these times . |
| 3 | That was John Russell , no older than I was at twenty-one and no more Apache than I was . |
| 4 | But yes , erm it , it 's partly sediment brought down from inland , it 's also the fact that you have offshore of Rye the area of Winchelsea Beach and so-called Rye Harbour which is somewhat detached from the town of Rye , and there 's been an enormous accumulation of shingle there , so that the Castle , which was built in , that 's Camber Castle which was built in the reign of Henry the Eighth , since that time the shoreline at Winchelsea Beach , as a result of the accumulation of shingle , has moved in excess of one point five kilometres seaward of that point , and so obviously erm Rye is now much further inland than it was at that time . |
| 5 | His back and neck injuries , for instance , have left him three-quarters of an inch shorter than he was at 21 . |
| 6 | ‘ My friends were n't going to take any nonsense from me and if I was at all |
| 7 | She received three more strokes at one minute intervals , and each ignited an inward blaze of masochistic torment , which heightened until she was at one with the smarting pain . |
| 8 | I am absolutely convinced that if she was at all worried about my ‘ drug activities ’ it would have manifested itself , like in difficulties at school or something . |
| 9 | When the strawberries were in season , especially if it was at all wet , there would be a procession of them making their way across the road to Strawberry Fields . |
| 10 | Then those who felt attracted by the idea of emigrating discussed it among themselves to see if it was at all feasible for them — there would be their affairs in Cork to liquidate , there might be family ties to take into account , there was even the question of whether they could endure the change of climate . |
| 11 | They played golf every Saturday if it was at all possible . |
| 12 | ‘ Where are we heading now ? ’ she asked in an effort to salvage something from the day if it was at all possible . |
| 13 | ‘ And so do I. Before he was born I decided he would come first and that , if it was at all possible , I 'd be at home with him throughout his early years . ’ |
| 14 | Well , it 's something er I mean obviously a lot of people like the idea of going over to the Swindon Oasis , now er we 've had at the back of our minds , if it was at all possible to er put something similar at Didcot , obviously nothing as grand as the Oasis , but something quite similar , and obviously they would come to Didcot and not bother to go over to Swindon . |
| 15 | In other words , it had to be accurate in every tiny detail and to look as if it was at first glance . |
| 16 | ‘ I doubt if it was at random . |
| 17 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
| 18 | Her mother never tired of speaking of her own father , Don Humberto , who had been a gentleman adventurer and a favourite at the court of King John , but she had never met Dom João and could only assure Sara that if he was at all like his grandfather or his Uncle Pedro ( the one who had died at sea ) he would be a man of great charm , intelligence and wit . |
| 19 | Alexandra took her father over every inch of her domain and he nodded at her enthusiasm , but if he was at all impressed by what she did , what she planned , he gave no sign . |
| 20 | Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle . |
| 21 | I know how good you were because I was at that stage in maths where I felt rudderless and becalmed , drifting helplessly as it were , as my peer group — the rest of the fleet — sailed serenely on towards the horizon . |
| 22 | I did n't make it over there because I was at another party , but after the dinner , the night before last , they all went over to the Apple Playroom and started drinking , ordering from room service and making more . |
| 23 | There 's also an exhibition and 20s-style Picture Palace at Armley Mills on the early history of the movies because it was at nearby Leeds Bridge , in 1888 , that the first moving images were made . |
| 24 | Thereafter controversy over the issue subsided until June 1967 , when eviction proceedings were taken against eleven families who had refused accommodation offered to them by the rural district council because it was at some distance from the city . |
| 25 | While it was at first related to a vocational interest in commerce and administration , it developed during the twentieth century into a specialist and academic science , rather than a field of practical commercial study . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've known Geoffrey since he was at prep school . |
| 27 | My best memory when I was at Primary School was that I was a member of a Gymnastics club and for many weeks we rehearsed our routine to do in front of the school and parents . |
| 28 | ‘ I just took a flyer when I was at Stiff , ’ says the gently-spoken rock demon through a head cold . |
| 29 | ‘ Although I had not had a sexual experience when I was at high school , I thought I should be ready , if and when it came , and so I thought I should stock up . |
| 30 | I ca n't ever recall even meeting a priest when I was at United , though there always seemed to be plenty of them around . |