Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were down at the main road . |
| 2 | Perhaps before this time the seas were not at the right temperature or did not have the chemical composition to favour the deposition of the lime from which most marine shells and skeletons are constructed . |
| 3 | The former detectives were not at the Old Bailey today , proceedings against them are over . |
| 4 | At the start of NEP experienced Bolsheviks were not at the editorial helm of central and especially local newspapers . |
| 5 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 6 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 7 | He and his officer rode at the head of their squadron , and were thus at the very tip of the advancing French army . |
| 8 | BR and ASLEF were still at the old game and each other 's throats , with rebel train drivers complicating the whole thing . |
| 9 | Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land . |
| 10 | Once more it was impossible to get high enough to see over the neighbouring branches but he called down that he was reasonably sure that they were now at the southernmost end of the depression which contained the Swamp and that if after another mile or so they turned westward they could do so on dry land . |
| 11 | Vegetable vitamin A , carotene , fell by 30 per cent , and both were now at the lower end of the normal range . |
| 12 | By the time Maisie and he got clear of the crowd , Aziz and Hasan were almost at the other side of the Common . |
| 13 | Still walking east , the party were aware that they were almost at the front line and had to proceed with caution . |
| 14 | Once we were there at the same time . |
| 15 | The other powers did n't like it — they wanted Britain to get out of Egypt — but so long as the fiction could be maintained that the British were there at the express request of the Egyptian sovereign , there was not much they could do about it . |
| 16 | It must have been then that the two coaches came to light because we moved house in 1925 and quite certainly the coaches were never at the old house but appeared very early on at the new one . |
| 17 | And , despite what many people say , it was nt while delivering the cross for Sniffers goal — it was right at the very end of 90mins … so noone came on for him when he injured his ELBOW . |
| 18 | It was right at the very beginning when you had to ask him about the introduction , I thought you were going straight off from the business card and all the rest of it and what you actually had was your C C Q in front of you because it took you all that time to get round to it . |
| 19 | No he was , he was right at the very beginning of the school |
| 20 | Oh well Morse was on at the same time . |
| 21 | I enrolled for ‘ Art for Beginners ’ and later went down to the centre where the tutor had obtained a model for us from whom to do quick sketches — so I was in at the deep end . |
| 22 | It was her first appearance in a Willy Russell play so she was in at the deep end . |
| 23 | and all our shopping was down at the Old Town , you had to go down this lane to the Old Town if you wanted a stamp |
| 24 | It was only at the last moment that the real or unreal nature of an escape project was finally determined . |
| 25 | In fact , it was largely through the middle-class and scientific bias of the new provincial colleges that English Language , Literature , and History came to serve as a so-called " poor man 's classics " , and it was only at the very end of the century that Oxbridge became sufficiently concerned to begin to succumb to the then " national demand " for such studies and introduce new " Schools " and " Tripos " regulations that would allow the ancient institutions to take a lead in these new areas . |
| 26 | Those engaged in classifying creatures in museums worked anyway with dead ones ; it was only at the very end of the nineteenth century that the collecting of dead animals and dead birds gave way to the careful observation of living ones , using binoculars . |
| 27 | The entrance with its kiosk and museum was away at the far side , and not inhabited by night . |
| 28 | Bryan Thomson 's match was already at the first tee when Patrick strolled up with the bag of clubs over his shoulder . |
| 29 | It was also the first time that her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi , Allen 's new lover , was not at the traditional family meal . |
| 30 | Turnaround Distribution was not at the fair ; neither was the Women 's Press , nor GMP . |