Example sentences of "they were at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Passages on collegiality , religious liberty and the Jews , for instance , matter greatly because they were at the centre of lengthy conciliar debate as many other passages were not . |
| 2 | They were at the centre of things . |
| 3 | They must have seen his lights for they were at the door , and a couple of minutes later he was in their brightly-lit living-room standing by a blazing fire and being asked what he would drink . |
| 4 | The long summer holidays are over and MPs returned to the Commons to take stock of developments while they were at the seaside . |
| 5 | The tenant may wish to dispense with 7.6.3 , 7.6.4 , 7.6.5 and 7.6.6 and add the following proviso to 7.6.2 : If for any reason the premises and all other relevant parts of the centre sufficient for the Tenant [ or any undertenant ] to carry on its [ or their ] normal trade and business including the means of access to the Premises and all essential services therein and thereto shall not be reinstated in accordance with the provisions of this clause as they were at the date of the relevant destruction or damage by the second anniversary of the date of the destruction or damage the Tenant may thereafter determine the Term by giving not less than one month 's notice to the Landlord and upon expiry of such notice the Term shall cease but without prejudice to the claim of either party for any earlier breach of covenant by the other This will doubtless be resisted by the landlord who will wish to have the unilateral right to terminate . |
| 6 | For the press the facilities were as basic as they were at the hotel . |
| 7 | It took her a moment or two to realise they were at the hotel . |
| 8 | They were at the core of it , the focus of all his striving , the clue to everything . |
| 9 | Erm they were at the start they were at the finish and both days in between . |
| 10 | put the contrary view in the form of a dilemma when he said : ‘ Either they were performing this public duty in giving the protection asked for , in which case I think they can not charge , or , which no one suggests , they were at the request of an individual doing something which it was not their duty to do , in which case it seems to me both public policy and section 10 of the County Police Act 1839 , make the contract illegal and void . ’ |
| 11 | Luckily too old to know any better : the amazing Cramps THE CRAMPS : Off The Bone THE ULTIMATE collection of gassed-out , greased-up garage rock from the top gorehounds when they were at the peak of their creativity . |
| 12 | They were at the brandy stage when she said ; ‘ You know , you got all that sex psychology wrong , before . ’ |
| 13 | It was a series which left viewers as baffled at the end as they were at the beginning . |
| 14 | At the end of a day 's banking some banks are going to be more liquid , as a result of net deposits and other banks are going to be less liquid than they were at the beginning of the day 's business , as a result of a net withdrawal of deposits . |
| 15 | I mean they are more or less the same at the end as they were at the beginning . |
| 16 | Another five minutes and they were at the edge of the meadow . |
| 17 | 15% have plans underway , 10% said they were at the pilot stage and 11% are ‘ seriously considering ’ it — the other 56% have no open systems plans whatsoever . |
| 18 | Theoretically , every person was subject to the whim of the sultan , which in practice meant they were at the mercy of his capricious subordinates . |
| 19 | Since the State virtually abdicated all responsibility for their welfare , they were at the mercy of their masters . |
| 20 | While they were at the mercy of erratic weather or changes in the migration routes of reindeer , so that they might suffer famine from time to time , they were generally well fed , more or less comfortably adapted to their environment , and enjoyed a surplus of resources sufficient to allow expenditure of time on the decoration of clothing and utensils on story-telling and dancing . |
| 21 | Moreover , although their constitutional and political position depended on their new relationship to " the people " they were not instructed delegates of their constituents any more than they were at the mercy of the party whips in the Commons . |
| 22 | All the other reindeers were whispering away , saying how astonished they were at the thought of Randolph helping the team . |
| 23 | They were at the toast and marmalade stage when Mrs. Mackintosh came in to say that Sir Bryan was wanted on the telephone . |
| 24 | When they were at the nursery I could take them at 7 a.m. and pick them up at 6 p.m . |
| 25 | As the campaign enters the final furlong the Tories in the campaign team know they are no closer to finding a magic formula than they were at the outset . |
| 26 | They were at the foot of the Summit Icefield : only about 150 feet to go , and the weather reasonable . |
| 27 | The main force should have got into the town under the cover of a raid by the RAF , but by the time they were at the foot of the escarpment , this was almost over . |
| 28 | Barely pause and they were at the foot of a steep corner crack . |
| 29 | Those under threat also included some of the most majestic of all birds — the golden eagle , the peregrine falcon — because , as birds of prey , they were at the head of the food chain . |
| 30 | When they were at the grandmother 's house , they slept in a spare room and sometimes their father , grandfather and uncle had come in . |