Example sentences of "we were at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two days later we were at Wrexham Hospital — not for Nigel to undergo traction as anticipated but to see the chest specialist and to be told that he had a fatal disease . |
| 2 | Jolly cabaret in the Odeon-like theatre made us forget we were at sea ; a friendly , comfortable ship with pleasant , fairly roomy cabins . |
| 3 | In Force 4 winds , with the tide running , we knew we were at sea . |
| 4 | Sunlight reflected from a window among the palm trees to lance a sliver of dazzling light at our cockpit , then the reflection was gone and we were at sea level , engines screaming , and I fumbled for the camera , prayed it had not broken when it fell from the ceiling , and took another picture just before Maggot lifted the aircraft 's nose so that we swooped up and over the palm trees that edged the beach . |
| 5 | I began to think he was going to be a good companion to have when we were at sea . |
| 6 | The Saturday before that none of us had it cos we were at granny and grandpa 's . |
| 7 | And we were at MacDonalds and I was talking to her , anyway , he even got really jealous cos I was talking to her . |
| 8 | We were at Speke only three days or so before we got our orders for embarkation . |
| 9 | As usual , we were at cross-purposes from the start . |
| 10 | We were at cross-purposes . ’ |
| 11 | It was partly true [ that we were not as good at TV as we might have been ] , but that was also partly distorted by how good we were at press . |
| 12 | No Colchester you know , the came down , you know where we were at Hall ? |
| 13 | ‘ We were at Eton together . ’ |
| 14 | Once we were at Arrancay together , I thought we 'd be able to talk it out — decide what was best for the future . |
| 15 | It was while we were at Denmark Street that the punk scene — as it would later be called — began to develop . |
| 16 | We were at school together . |
| 17 | But he 's been keeping the opticians in business — especially the ones that stock really old-fashioned frames — ever since we were at school together . |
| 18 | We were at school … |
| 19 | Oh yes , we were at school . |
| 20 | We were at school together . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Oh aye , we were at school together . |
| 22 | We were at school together . ’ |
| 23 | So that she 'd be be she 'd be doing her baking during the day while we were at school . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've known each other most of our lives and we were at school together , so we 've no secrets . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Even when we were at school together , you used to lord it over the rest of us , and would never admit that you were capable of making any mistakes . |
| 26 | We were at school together ! |
| 27 | But it , it did and , and I think there again a little bit of Guild influence because when er we were at meetings we would say , well what are you going to do about the er drapery you know and eventually we did get this better erm you know , drapery . |
| 28 | Last time we were at Lane Notts were leading by two goals to nil over Pisa but the Italians have got one back . |
| 29 | This is a continuation of the er story by er while we were at Thorpe Abbots , as usual , a lot of humorous things happened . |
| 30 | Meanwhile we were at Ballyshannon , with its tall church spire seen from far away , its ‘ Old Barracks Bar and Lounge , 1700 ’ and a strange bell-and-weathercock tower that now housed a jeweller 's shop . |