Example sentences of "[was/were] at the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you see doing th er that er junior the junior school In the earlier junior school we were at the church as well , which was on the next street , St John 's Church at Mansfield . |
| 2 | Or the need to race to the phone like a lunatic every time it rings ( for someone else ) and to blame your mother because you were at the pub when he did phone . |
| 3 | ‘ It is all a bit overwhelming and we are more frightened now than we were at the start because we know so much more about her condition . |
| 4 | He said you were at the Tower because of Sir Ralph Whitton 's death . ’ |
| 5 | Police said they had no idea why Roberts was at the court as he was not due to appear on any charges . |
| 6 | Although I met Theresa on the way back from erm school and she said Alec was at the doctors cos not the way back from school , way back from the library . |
| 7 | And she said Alec was at the doctors cos he was feeling under the weather . |
| 8 | ‘ I was at the NME because of punk rock really , ’ he says blandly . |
| 9 | Twice I was at the cinema when it burned down . |
| 10 | He wanted ‘ something really special , with some of the atmosphere that was at the Haçienda when I was going there ’ . |
| 11 | Fergus Pyle of the Irish Times was at the station when the expected delegation from Liverpool arrived on the morning train . |
| 12 | She was at the clinic when it was delivered , working on some case notes . |
| 13 | Two years ago Mrs Ayers went next door to feed Ivy 's cat while she was at the hairdressers when she disturbed burglars at work . |
| 14 | The guy was probably dead when we tipped him into the shaft — we just assumed he was at the time though the older I got the less sure of that I was — but even if was n't , he must have been killed when he hit the bottom ; it 's thirty metres at least . |
| 15 | I was at the hospital when he came out of it . |
| 16 | Erm , and sh she she was at the party when he , and she was going away , that was it , and she said , said to Wallis , will you look after David for me . |
| 17 | Mrs Clamp was at the house when I got back , unloading the huge wicker hopper on the front of her ancient bike which lay propped against the kitchen table . |
| 18 | Mr Scott 's removal from office was demanded by one shareholder who said that he was at the helm when the company 's finances went in to the red . |
| 19 | He was at the Department when it abolished the maternity grant . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't see why not , ’ said Tilney , who was at the age when the more outrageous the idea , the better . |
| 21 | She was at the age when many women are at their physical best : tall , thin , but shapely ; smart , but not too dauntingly so ; fragrant ( a touch of Poison ) ; and fun : she had mastered early on the necessary female skill of charity towards her suitors ' jokes . |
| 22 | I decided to stay where I was at the moment until things quietened down . |
| 23 | There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in . |
| 24 | Harvey was at the flat when I got back . |
| 25 | One of my colleagues , John Savage , put it forcibly when he said in the programme that pure road racing — that is racing on public roads — was at the crossroads because of lack of numbers and I 'm inclined to agree with him . |
| 26 | ’ Gharr was at the spaceport when I landed , and he stopped me tight away . |