Example sentences of "were at a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | People have talked a bit about their children and er and , and how beautiful they are , supposing you were a fairy god mother and you were at a christening and you had a wand and you could endow one gift , would it be beauty ? , is beauty the most important gift ? , button one for yes and button two for no and I 'd love to go round the world and ask this question , but out of one hundred Scottish women seven of you say yes , but ninety three of you think there is a more important gift than beauty and what that might be we shall talk about another time , but for all thank you now , thank you for watching , good bye |
2 | Villagers were at a loss as to how to repair the frayed rope , or lanyard , as the flagpole is on the edge of the medieval church 's tower and is too dangerous to climb up to . |
3 | They belonged to a club I was n't qualified to join , they were at a party and I had n't been asked . ’ |
4 | In the face of appalling shortages and rampant inflation after Japan 's surrender , food supplies were at a premium and those fortunate enough to control any of the scarce agricultural output were able to charge high prices . |
5 | At such close quarters , mistakes would have been more than evident but to the merit of all those involved , these were at a minimum and more than compensated for by sheer enthusiasm . |