Example sentences of "they were at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord , she 'd been awake ten minutes and already they were at each other 's throats ! |
| 2 | ‘ Famous research on American longshoremen , who worked 14 hours a day loading ships , and who smoked and drank as well as sweating their guts out , showed they were at low risk from cardiac problems and that severe exercise can protect against heart disease . |
| 3 | It is now clear that there are very few towns which just grew because they were at suitable locations . |
| 4 | Most companies said they used the results as research , although a few said they advised workers that they were at higher risk in certain jobs than others . |
| 5 | They were at all times called by their Yiddish names Bashelaya , Shinageetel , and Riffka . |
| 6 | But they were at one minute 's notice to move . |
| 7 | Both Iran and Iraq were Muslim countries , both were ripe for economic development , both had significant oil resources being exploited by foreign concessionaires ( they were at one stage to co-operate over the development of a small oilfield straddling the frontier near Kermanshah ) and both had restive Kurdish minorities . |
| 8 | They were at that stage of going out that was n't yet a Relationship . |
| 9 | The sale agreed and completed was thus for the land and buildings as they were at that time . |
| 10 | Sir Daniel bade his brother Roger , then living at Coniston Hall , make a report on the mines as they were at that time . |
| 11 | Least they were at that time . |
| 12 | In civil defence terms the Scud attacks , directed as they were at civilian populations , posed a dilemma for the Israeli authorities as it was not known in advance whether the missiles would carry conventional or chemical warheads . |
| 13 | the ministers of the forest … have taken again into the forest lands and woods as entirely as they were at any time , contrary to the Charter … and cause ditches to be thrown down , and interfere with their cultivation , and take from them grievous and excessive ransoms . |
| 14 | I think from my reflection , they did say they were at some stage in the future , they 've not ruled it out . |
| 15 | He would often hold her hand when they were at large gatherings : it was , one friend wrote , " very touching " . |
| 16 | On August 12 a clear sky gave the French duo their chance , and by the following evening they were at 6900 metres , having climbed 1200 metres of mixed ground reminiscent of the north face of Les Courtes in the Chamonix Alps . |
| 17 | It seems probable that elderly people as a whole have more secure incomes and are less marginalized as consumers today than they were at earlier times in this century . |
| 18 | They were at this time boycotting the Security Council in protest at the UN refusal to replace Taiwan by Communist China ; hence there was no Soviet veto on sending UN forces to support South Korea . |
| 19 | Though all were to achieve success , Oliver as a poet , Bruce as picture journalist and Jeffrey as sports journalist and author of The Spectator 's column , ‘ Low Life ’ , they were at this time a little like characters out of a Chekhov play , searching and bewildered . |
| 20 | It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master . |
| 21 | Both young men then glanced at each other , clamming up in some embarrassment as they recalled that the fortune they were at this moment vying for had been lost by Benedict Beckenham , for the story of the will was naturally common knowledge among his intimates . |