Example sentences of "was [verb] [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , is n't it interesting , is n't depressing , that absolutely none of these things was taught you at school , except possibly the sport ? |
| 2 | Ian said he was fetching her at lunchtime . ’ |
| 3 | All she could do was keep him at arm 's length — and pray for the strength to keep on doing it till they were released from their snowy prison . |
| 4 | I was weathering the winter and believed that if there was anything in my lung , then at the very worst I was holding it at bay . |
| 5 | All she had to do was hold them at bay for a few weeks . |
| 6 | Colonel Goreng was to entertain them at home that evening . |
| 7 | I was telling them at school . |
| 8 | Smiling at her over people 's shoulders while she could not move because someone was telling her at length how much she must be missing her mother . |