Example sentences of "they [was/were] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were up at 5 am to travel by train to Elstree to get there by 7 am . |
| 2 | Bob , I think his name is , it might have been , I 've got the name somewhere , but he also said they were up at . |
| 3 | They were over at Arsenal today , . |
| 4 | They were out at work often till late evening , but gave us the run of the house and William had the chance to get on with some schoolwork . |
| 5 | In general , children stay in the same percentile band they were in at birth . |
| 6 | Karen Reilly ( 18 ) and her friend Martin Peake ( 17 ) died when soldiers opened fire on the stolen car they were in at Upper Glen Road . |
| 7 | Karen Reilly ( 18 ) and Martin Peake ( 17 ) died when soldiers opened fire on the stolen car they were in at Upper Glen Road . |
| 8 | They were back at Mrs Parvis 's just in time for the evening meal . |
| 9 | Claire asked her father one evening when they were back at Riverstown , after a long wet day and a huge hunting tea . |
| 10 | As soon as they were back at the auberge , Iris vanished into their minuscule en suite bathroom . |
| 11 | Maxim said nothing more until they were back at the inn . |
| 12 | In the small hours of the next morning , when they were back at La Gracieuse , after dancing her feet raw with Sam , with Rodet , and with half of Normandy , she told John what had happened and how it had come about . |
| 13 | When she surfaced it was to find that they were back at Piazzale Roma , the big square thronging as usual . |
| 14 | She realised they were back at her application form . |
| 15 | When the Oxford players ran on the pitch , they must have felt they were back at the Manor so warm was the welcome . |
| 16 | Dear , they were down at the Paradise the other night … looks serious . ’ |
| 17 | They were down at Cliff Quay . |
| 18 | They reckon arrests were made down but they were down at Beskett Station and they made a couple inside the ground , but I think they were just people running on the pitch you know , they were over enthusiastic . |