Example sentences of "we were at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All Friday , Saturday and Sunday we were at the house , and he was shooting cocaine all the time — shooting it . ’ |
| 2 | We were at the Border , about to cut across County Fermanagh in British Northern Ireland , the better to get to Dublin on time . |
| 3 | Soon we were at the village of Louth , which Gerry pronounced ‘ Lowth ’ . |
| 4 | And a few years later , when Edwin Hubble found that nearly all other galaxies are flying away from our own , he correctly reasoned that this did not mean we were at the centre of the Universe . |
| 5 | Anyway , we were at the top already . |
| 6 | We were at The Belfry the week before and I was due to fly from there up to St Andrews directly after the event . |
| 7 | We were at the Café Haleiwa for breakfast . |
| 8 | One day when we were at the hospital , Michael was undressing behind screens preparing for his treatment and I was helping him ; and we heard the radiographer say , ‘ If you hear a lot of laughter coming from behind those screens , Doctor , it 's only the Homes . |
| 9 | This dream I 'm reading now — I dreamt it when we were at the cottage in Cornwall . |
| 10 | We were at the gates , huge wrought-iron things , open , with great brick gateposts . |
| 11 | ‘ Even when we were at the top , I got critical letters about things such as team selection and tactics . ’ |
| 12 | In November we were at the annual bazaar at the English ( episcopal ) church , where we also made many contacts . |
| 13 | I remember one day we were at the studio doing The Long Duel and we obviously were n't going to work . |
| 14 | While we were at the Clothes Show , we noticed some fabulous haircuts and even more exciting styling ideas . |
| 15 | ‘ When we were at the zoo , ’ said the Headmaster , gravely , ‘ Adrian was caught feeding the ducks . ’ |
| 16 | We were at the rear of a crowd hundreds strong looking down upon a scene of devastation : shanties burnt and smouldering , shanties still burning , pouring forth black smoke . |
| 17 | We were at the summit of the hangers , and the long , low building of white stone was crouched in the valley . |
| 18 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 19 | By this time , we were at the boats . |
| 20 | And you see doing th er that er junior the junior school In the earlier junior school we were at the church as well , which was on the next street , St John 's Church at Mansfield . |
| 21 | We were at the party . |
| 22 | We were at the opposite poles of humanity . |
| 23 | Way back in 1960 when my husband and I were courting , we were at the cinema one evening watching the original screening of Psycho . |
| 24 | Now , as I have said , Mandeville led us , the Santerres behind with their small retinue whilst we were at the back just before the cart . |
| 25 | We were at the corner of an ‘ L ’ formed by the two roads down which the malais were coming . |
| 26 | ‘ But all I needed to do was look at the support I got from the club and the fans when we were at the bottom last season . |
| 27 | ‘ Coming in as an outsider probably helped as a bit of a catalyst but really it was the fact that we were at the bottom of the underwriting cycle and everyone was looking to improve results and build up market share . ’ |
| 28 | Well David said that we were at the end , everyone believed that they were that the time has come that we was at the end of the world . |
| 29 | But we also need the broad generalizations that help show whether we are closer to meeting the basic needs of all the world 's people than we were at the start of the 1970s . |
| 30 | However , the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) asserted that we were at the bottom of the league . |