Example sentences of "he [was/were] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've known Geoffrey since he was at prep school . |
| 2 | Throughout the 1930s , Ernest Bevin was the dominant figure on this body as he was at Labour Party conferences , shaping Labour 's domestic and foreign policy . |
| 3 | He could n't manage it and he said that he felt that he had to stop being an MP er for several reasons , one of them was that he thought most MPs like he agreed he was at certain times , were out of touch . |
| 4 | He was at great pains to ensure that the public did not associate his performers with the bad name that dancers usually had . |
| 5 | He was at great pains to comment that ‘ to say that John Bunch ( Locomotive Superintendent ) has too much power is a travesty ’ . |