Example sentences of "were [num] [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were eight women at the meeting that night , sitting hunched about the room and on the floor . |
| 2 | There were three bells at the front door — the top marked Stavanger . |
| 3 | I saw at once that there were three chairs at the dinner-table ; and Conchis saw me see . |
| 4 | For example , if there were 25 aphids at the beginning of a week and there were 40 at the end , the increase is 25 40 15 aphids . |
| 5 | So you were twenty years at the first place as well ? |
| 6 | Also among the victims were four instructors at the National Mountaineering Centre in the heart of Snowdonia at Capel Curig , North Wales . |
| 7 | At midnight there were four guards at the front gate of prison 888 , and there was one guard at the back gate . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , Charlie made it really simple for me , there were two guys at the back who could n't stand up and he laid it on a plate for me . |
| 9 | There were two doors at the back of the shed , one partially open , its frame warped from years of neglect . |