Example sentences of "it [was/were] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reconstructing the circumstances of the crash , the Mexican investigators concluded that the Falcon was actually 40 miles further away from ACA VOR than it had reported — i.e. , it was at 75 nmi when the pilot reported 35 nmi . |
| 2 | In other words , it had to be accurate in every tiny detail and to look as if it was at first glance . |
| 3 | It was at such times , he said , that he was divested of all those characteristics of family , personality and reputation which identified him to the outside world . |
| 4 | He wanted to do more than just look ; it was at such times that he felt the urge to paint . |
| 5 | But , like its relatives in Devon , the Sussex has remained largely confined to its own region in spite of its potential , though it was at one time more widely used in several English counties as a draught animal . |
| 6 | It was at one time in the library of Darcy Lever Hall , Bolton and in the 1930s it was rescued from a junk furniture shop in Kent . |
| 7 | On the spiritual side it was at one time also considered self-evident that the Russians , adherence to the Christian religion put them automatically on a higher plane than the heathen , raw-flesh-eating ‘ savages ’ . |
| 8 | Certainly , it was at one time essential for certain musical movements to be of a precise length , for otherwise the dancers of gavottes and minuets would find themselves in sorry confusion . |
| 9 | Indeed it was at one time believed that the advent of the railways had signalled the end of the movement of live meat . |
| 10 | It was at one time said that statutes were drafted in such a way as to be intelligible only to lawyers . |
| 11 | I 'm sure it was at one time . |
| 12 | It was at one period customary , where a town was the centre of the see of a bishop and where in consequence there was a cathedral , to classify the town as a city . |
| 13 | It was at that level that a thread of continuity linked Charles with his Capetian successors , and his realm with later medieval France . |
| 14 | It was then that she and Madeleine saw each other : and it was at that instant that their military training served them well . |
| 15 | A talent scout heard him sing — actually it was at that performance at the Hall . |
| 16 | shut up , when it was at that end my head started at ? |
| 17 | ‘ It was at that place I told you about that I knew him , ’ he said to Lili . |
| 18 | It was at that time that I interviewed David 's mother , Margaret Jones , who recalled a three-year-old David discovering a bag of make-up in an upstairs room and plastering himself with it , and how at one point she thought he would become a ballet dancer . |
| 19 | It was at that time , in fact , that he met Andy Warhol . |
| 20 | It was at that time he wrote the first of a series of Scots novels which were to secure for him a place in the history of literature . |
| 21 | It was at that time like wine to be in the presence of the Lusignan Bastard , ebullient , assured of success , glowing with pride in himself and his army . |
| 22 | He went nuts — he went crackers , got the cane , and he was wielding it , and it was at that time that the rest of the boys decided to pile up the furniture in the corner and set fire to it , so half the classroom was burning . |
| 23 | It was at that time the highest innings by anyone until A.E.J. Collins hit an unbeaten 628 in a junior house match at Clifton College in 1899 . |
| 24 | And er it was at that time that the Independent Labour Party left the I the Labour Party . |
| 25 | That 's how tight it was at that time o' day ! |
| 26 | of the day I do n't which government it was at that time cos it was in the fifties okayed it and |
| 27 | Although I remained something of an outsider to the M.I.T. philosophy as it was at that time , I carried something of this arrogance back to England with me . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It is possible this is a case of hindsight colouring my memory , but I have a distinct feeling that it was at that moment I first sensed something odd , something duplicitous perhaps , about this apparently charming American gentleman . |
| 30 | I felt wonderful , and it was at that moment that I realised that if I started taking my athletics seriously , if I started training properly , if I started listening to Ron , then maybe I could do something in the sport . |