Example sentences of "was at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He probably fell under the hot tap … the water was at seventy-five degrees centrigade … well above health and safety guidelines . |
| 2 | ‘ I was at prep school and public school and got the message that emotions were frowned upon , ’ he says . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've known Geoffrey since he was at prep school . |
| 4 | The real outcome was at striking variance with Marx 's original prognosis . |
| 5 | I was in one home for three years when I was at junior school . |
| 6 | And yesterday , while Kelly was at junior school , that bleeper finally went off . |
| 7 | Ann Smith , who was at junior school in Haltwhistle , Northumberland , remembers : ‘ I know I felt really sad but the thought of a Coronation cheered me up a little bit until I found out it would not be held until the following year . |
| 8 | The second factor was at first O-levels . |
| 9 | This occupation ( at least with the Senones of the Adriatic coast and the Boii north of the Apennines ) was at first equivalent to an extermination of Celtic tribes . |
| 10 | While girls are at higher risk than boys , increasingly research is suggesting more boys experience sexual abuse than was at first thought . |
| 11 | She was at first sight a cheerful figure , a plump woman of 65 who wore a brightly patterned dress and whose curly hair showed around the front of her white scarf . |
| 12 | [ Philip Leapor ] informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way , as soon as she was capable of it ; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably , which , as he remembers , was at about ten or eleven Years old , She would often be scribbling , and sometimes in Rhyme ; which her Mother was at first pleas 'd with : But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up , when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment , she endeavour 'd to break her of it ; and that he likewise , having no Taste for Poetry , and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her , join 'd in the same Design : But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , he had of late desisted , and left her more at Liberty |
| 13 | John 's next decision was at first blush disconcerting . |
| 14 | When this was pointed out , the family 's reaction was at first disbelief and then concern , because the sale would have fallen through on this point , especially as , when they acquired the property , they had used a solicitor and a surveyor . |
| 15 | In other words , it had to be accurate in every tiny detail and to look as if it was at first glance . |
| 16 | The tenanted trade manager was at first Mike Bryan , a former area manager for Whitbreads . |
| 17 | I was surprised , as I always was at such moments , how slim and small she felt . |
| 18 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He wanted to do more than just look ; it was at such times that he felt the urge to paint . |
| 21 | Robbie could scarcely believe this was the same man who was at such pains to keep her at a safe distance , until she reflected that in Fen 's eyes Miss Taylor would present no threat to his reserve . |
| 22 | When the Shah realized that his hosts family was at such risk , said Marenches , he agreed to leave within three weeks . |
| 23 | ‘ The attitude to women 's rights , equality , to a bit of space was at best indifference . |
| 24 | There was no equivalent of the ATB in Norway — the nearest approach seen was at Lien College where there was a low trainee to instructor ratio and a considerable practical input . |
| 25 | The tumour length was 2–14 cm ( median 5 cm ) and the lower margin of the tumour was at 0–14 cm ( median 6 cm ) from the anal verge . |
| 26 | A talent scout heard him sing — actually it was at that performance at the Hall . |
| 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 | ‘ She was at that cocktail party the Sheldonians gave — do n't you remember ? — when we were staying with Mother the summer before last . ’ |
| 29 | It was at that level that a thread of continuity linked Charles with his Capetian successors , and his realm with later medieval France . |
| 30 | With the viewfinder on the camera I had to set the distance and hope when I was shooting , that the shark was at that range . |