Example sentences of "was [adv] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book had been written in haste , he charmingly tells us in the Preface , so that the first part was already at the printers before the second part was written . |
| 2 | He was still at the barriers that funnelled the mob into a line under the cynical eyes of a guard when she struggled up behind him . |
| 3 | In June after the export licence was finally granted ( following a lengthy fund-raising campaign to keep the cabinet in Great Britain ) , the cabinet was still at the restorers in London . |
| 4 | But there was no time to give this disturbing idea attention ; Tealtaoich was nearly at the Trees and the Trees were grouped together watching him and waiting for him in complete silence and it was important not to miss a single instant of any of it . |
| 5 | It was here at the Carpenters Arms in the Jericho area of Oxford that some 20 drugs squad officers arrived last night and arrested 12 people , including the landlord . |