Example sentences of "that [pron] was at the " in BNC.

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1 A little later , I stood nervously beside my bag , hoping that I was at the right bus stop for Sligo .
2 When I bought my first company and began to build up the business , I had to live in the city , so that I was at the centre of things .
3 I mean I 've just , but all the years that I was at the home every day I would say hello Flo , hello Elsie how are you ?
4 She knew , without any consolation , that she was at the mercy of everything which was most ancient and fearful .
5 He assumed she was guilty , took it for granted that she was at the foot of everything , and that left a bitter taste in her mouth .
6 For he had suddenly realised that she was at the end of her tether — for what reason he did not know , and neither did he care , only that he must go warily with her , lest he damage her beyond repair .
7 Well David said that we were at the end , everyone believed that they were that the time has come that we was at the end of the world .
8 Almost a month went by before she allowed herself an evening to realise that there was at the very least and latest , an unfinished conversation between them .
9 Leavis was a major critic and a very influential educator , who was convinced both that criticism was essentially evaluative and that it was at the heart of English studies .
10 But it omitted any reference to the dangers of ‘ Leftism ’ , despite the fact that Deng had stressed this , and that it was at the heart of a party politburo statement .
11 Accounts differ as to when the unit insignia was first worn , but several of the ‘ Originals ’ maintain that it was at the end of the training period and before the first operation .
12 ‘ Our legends say that it was at the same time as the great Ebony Throne of Ireland . ’
13 At this point ( overhead the BS ) the Vanguard , while steering approximately north , called that it was at the MN beacon and was advised to report the BN on final approach .
14 That it was at the seaside made it seem all the worse .
15 Alfred Fry , stage manager of Drew 's company , told the court that he was at the premises in Friar Street when he heard Drew singing at six o'clock ; he also saw and spoke to Drew at 6.15 .
16 At this Drew became disturbed and emotional , and said that , if the three people that he had previously named — the Lindos and Norman Stubbs , the stage manager — could not testify that he was at the theatre at the time of the murder , he knew of no-one else who could , but he certainly did not commit any murder , nor was he seen in Cross Street with blood on his face .
17 It was n't Brian 's fault , he could n't really help the fact that he did n't fit in , that he looked , well … strange , or that he was at the back of the queue when the brains were handed out .
18 He had come up from the bottom and made it to the top : no one was to forget that he was at the top and everyone was supposed to forget where he had come from and how he had got where he was .
19 Anyone who knew Niki knew , in spite of his denials , that he was at the end of his rope .
20 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 .
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