Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the coffee bar she and Susan were laughing together at a story in the newspaper . |
| 2 | LIVERPOOL 'S hopes of a European reprieve were shattered yesterday at a FIFA meeting in Switzerland . |
| 3 | By ruling in favour of the appellant , a schoolmaster at Malvern College , whose two sons were educated there at a concessionary rate , the Lords have avoided what has been described as an ‘ administrative nightmare ’ . |
| 4 | We were climbing away at a very gentle angle and I could not understand why I could not move the controls . |
| 5 | We were appearing together at a literary lunch in Cleethorpes — he was promoting the latest edition of his diaries — and someone was playing the organ whilst we were eating . |
| 6 | The awards , hosted by Sir David Frost , were presented today at a star studded lunch at London 's Grosvenor House attended by the celebrity winners and nominees . |
| 7 | Hardly had they found their land legs when crew members were celebrating again at a reception at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club . |
| 8 | Sometimes the excess products could be released back onto the market , but at other times they were sold abroad at a loss or simply destroyed . |
| 9 | erm and the North Koreans were going backwards at a vast rate of knots and in came the Chinese the Chinese army , it stood at that time I think at twenty five million men erm and , and Douglas started losing again , sad really is n't it ? |
| 10 | Then , while the pirates and Famlio were staring piercingly at a new contingent of roisterers coming in , I decided to move . |
| 11 | To obtain maximum depletion , beads and cells were spun together at a ratio of 5:1 in two successive rounds . |
| 12 | Large fractured areas of lateral cell membranes of surface mucous cells were observed randomly at a direct magnification of 15000 using electron microscopy . |
| 13 | The Genn study reported that 38 per cent of applicants were represented either at a hearing or during settlement negotiations , though 70 per cent had sought advice about their application . |
| 14 | Jean Coulter and her friend had arrived early and were sitting quietly at a table with a good view of the room when , about half-pasteight , Joan and Derek entered the hotel , having left John outside in the taxi . |
| 15 | Details of the plans were outlined yesterday at a conference in London on offshore installation work organised by the Institute of Marine Engineers and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects . |
| 16 | Once again , the two kings were stranded together at a time when the kingdom of Sicily was at a particularly explosive juncture in its long and turbulent history . |