Example sentences of "was at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daak was at the narrow front of the cabin . |
| 2 | Sarah 's house was at the other end of it and I could see a couple of cars parked outside what I was sure was their home . |
| 3 | Another son , Paul , was at the other end of the link in Los Angeles . |
| 4 | Whereas Flynn was at the other end of the scale , for , despite his external charm , he really seemed to care little about anybody 's well-being — possibly because he cared nothing for his own . |
| 5 | As usual when drunk , he spoke to her as if she was at the other end of the street . |
| 6 | For TV , subject to the pattern of broadcast programme hours , the peak was at the other end of the day . |
| 7 | Cowslip himself was at the other end of the hall and Hazel realized that he was waiting for him to reply . |
| 8 | God was at the other end of the room . |
| 9 | Sarah 's bedroom was at the other end of the landing , next to her brother 's . |
| 10 | There was a longish silence , probably while the woman was listening to whoever it was at the other end . |
| 11 | The woman was at the other end of the counter weighing bull's-eyes , and called at her just to leave the money . |
| 12 | Mrs Clamp was at the other end of the table from my father instead of me , as is traditional . |
| 13 | I could n't see it too clearly 'cos it was at the other end of the pitch , but it seemed that Jamie had the ball around the right hand edge of the box and curled it into the top left hand corner . |
| 14 | Leeds ' disallowed first half goal , just after the canaries ' one , looked good to me but I was at the other end of the pitch peering through the floodlit rainstorm . |
| 15 | I saw a white male nearest to us , in in a double bed which was at the other end of the the the bedroom . |
| 16 | As she made her way to the blue and white tiled bathroom which was at the other end of the house , there was another clap of thunder and the lightning flashed again . |
| 17 | If anybody can tell me what was at the other end , apart from a hole , then not carefully , er I 'd be very grateful . |
| 18 | I mean that carpet was at the other house . |
| 19 | Revision of the Temporary Provisions was at the sole discretion of the National Assembly , and the current changes reflected the determination of veteran members to enhance their own power , as more opposition members took seats in Parliament . |
| 20 | To take one example , in October 1988 male unemployment in East London was at the highest levels in the South-East : 21 per cent in Tower Hamlets ; 18 per cent in Southwark and 14 per cent in Newham , reflecting the acute poverty and low levels of education in these areas . |
| 21 | Hawkshead Grammar School was at the highest point of its reputation when Wordsworth arrived ; boys were sent to it from all over the north-west of England and even from Scotland . |
| 22 | She was at the deep end of the pool when Felipe suddenly surfaced beside her . |
| 23 | During the day it was difficult to judge when the charcoal was at the correct stage . ’ |
| 24 | Serum calcium ( corrected to an albumin concentration of 40 g/L ) was at the lower end of the normal reference range in all three patient groups ( table II ) . |
| 25 | The fire brigade which was at the first blaze about 100 yards away extinguished the second fire in a short time . |
| 26 | Air Commodore Jeffery , President RAFA Eastern Area was at the Annual Dinner on 7 June to congratulate the branch on its achievements . |
| 27 | ‘ If you have no objection , I 'd like to know where everyone was at the critical time . |
| 28 | I was at the recent launch of Opportunity 2000 , an excellent initiative by Business in the Community . |
| 29 | His village was at the upper end of the valley in which the woman of Lohali had been killed the previous week , and he told me that nothing had been heard of the man-eater since , and added that the animal was possibly now at the other end of the district . |
| 30 | At the time the largest fusion research unit in the United Kingdom was at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment ( AERE ) , Harwell , under the leadership of Peter Thonemann , now Professor of Physics at University of Wales , Swansea . |