Example sentences of "it [was/were] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at such times , he said , that he was divested of all those characteristics of family , personality and reputation which identified him to the outside world . |
| 2 | He wanted to do more than just look ; it was at such times that he felt the urge to paint . |
| 3 | It was at that time that I interviewed David 's mother , Margaret Jones , who recalled a three-year-old David discovering a bag of make-up in an upstairs room and plastering himself with it , and how at one point she thought he would become a ballet dancer . |
| 4 | It was at that time , in fact , that he met Andy Warhol . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was at that same party that Marevna , who stayed until dawn , saw Modigliani and Beatrice fighting ferociously until Modi grabbed her and flung her through a closed window . |
| 6 | It was at that precise moment that James became aware of PC Charlton . |
| 7 | It is possible this is a case of hindsight colouring my memory , but I have a distinct feeling that it was at that moment I first sensed something odd , something duplicitous perhaps , about this apparently charming American gentleman . |
| 8 | It was at that meeting that Dista proposed a new wording for the Data sheet — the standard form of recommendation to doctors on how a drug should be administered . |
| 9 | It was at that time he wrote the first of a series of Scots novels which were to secure for him a place in the history of literature . |
| 10 | I felt wonderful , and it was at that moment that I realised that if I started taking my athletics seriously , if I started training properly , if I started listening to Ron , then maybe I could do something in the sport . |
| 11 | It was at that time like wine to be in the presence of the Lusignan Bastard , ebullient , assured of success , glowing with pride in himself and his army . |
| 12 | It was at that moment that she had resolved to tell Nick Morley everything that had happened to her . |
| 13 | It was at that point that Edward recalled the constable 's other words and how they had troubled him even then — seeming to carry a sinister note , a warning . |
| 14 | It was at that moment that he ventured to propose to her . |
| 15 | ‘ It was at that place I told you about that I knew him , ’ he said to Lili . |
| 16 | This was the first thought he had ever had of the commune , it was at that moment it first came to him , out on the terrace sitting beside Rufus under Hilbert 's umbrella , while the Vermstroy man hunted his quarry along the woodland streams and Mary pursued him with cries of protest . |
| 17 | It was at that moment Meredith caught a glimpse of another familiar figure . |
| 18 | He went nuts — he went crackers , got the cane , and he was wielding it , and it was at that time that the rest of the boys decided to pile up the furniture in the corner and set fire to it , so half the classroom was burning . |
| 19 | It was at that point we realised it was n't a very large bear . |
| 20 | It was at that time the highest innings by anyone until A.E.J. Collins hit an unbeaten 628 in a junior house match at Clifton College in 1899 . |
| 21 | It was at that point that I started to cry ! |
| 22 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 23 | But as the child could not in the very nature of things acquire rights correlative to a duty until it became by birth a living person , and as it was not until then that it could sustain injuries as a living person , it was , we think , at that stage that the duty arising out of the relationship was attached to the defendant , and it was at that stage that the defendant was , on the assumption that his act or omission in the driving of the car constituted a failure to take reasonable care , in breach of the duty to take reasonable care to avoid injury to the child . |
| 24 | But as the child could not in the very nature of things acquire rights correlative to a duty until it became by birth a living person , and as it was not until then that it could sustain injuries as a living person , it was , we think , at that stage that the duty arising out of the relationship was attached to the defendant , and it was at that stage that the defendant was , on the assumption that his act or omission in the driving of the car constituted a failure to take reasonable care , in breach of the duty to take reasonable care to avoid injury to the child . |
| 25 | It was at that point that the police came on board , and the pleasure cruiser was ordered to return to the shore . |
| 26 | It was at that point that the planes vanished into the solitary cloud in the sky , leaving all of New York craning their necks , scratching their heads and asking ‘ What the hell is an ENGLISH VIRGI … ? ’ |
| 27 | It was then that she and Madeleine saw each other : and it was at that instant that their military training served them well . |
| 28 | And er it was at that time that the Independent Labour Party left the I the Labour Party . |
| 29 | That 's how tight it was at that time o' day ! |
| 30 | It was at that point the day started to spin badly out of control . |