Example sentences of "[was/were] at this " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were at this point no apparent difficulties experienced between the majority of estate members and no significant source of conflict , that is until the question of a multi-denominational school itself became such a source . |
| 2 | ‘ I rang that night shelter you were at this morning and the girl I spoke to told me you were on your way . |
| 3 | There were at this time few , if any , pretentious stations . |
| 4 | When things were at this interesting stage , to my irritation the senior of the two Waaf officers who were the bane of our lives developed an interest in ‘ my ’ Corporal . |
| 5 | One building society chief said the last time interest rates were at this level , Virginia Wade won at Wimbledon and Jim Callaghan was the Labour Prime Minister . |
| 6 | It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master . |
| 7 | Quails ( 16:13 ) : twice a year the common quail 's migration route takes it across the region where the Israelites were at this time . |
| 8 | They were at this time boycotting the Security Council in protest at the UN refusal to replace Taiwan by Communist China ; hence there was no Soviet veto on sending UN forces to support South Korea . |
| 9 | Though all were to achieve success , Oliver as a poet , Bruce as picture journalist and Jeffrey as sports journalist and author of The Spectator 's column , ‘ Low Life ’ , they were at this time a little like characters out of a Chekhov play , searching and bewildered . |
| 10 | There were at this time close links between the College and the Academy , but this alone does not explain why this Bohemian hoped to be honoured by an institution that many leading artists , among them Henry Moore , Bacon and Freud , regarded with scorn . |
| 11 | I heard him tell Fagin that you were at this hotel . |
| 12 | And you you were at this school till you were fourteen ? |
| 13 | It appeared that Princess Anne was not one of her admirers , and though Princess Anne 's views were at this time usually rather criticised this was something for the press to get its teeth into . |
| 14 | FRIENDS WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW POOR THE ASHLEYS WERE AT THIS TIME BUT THE CHILDREN ARE WEARING MATCHING SWEATERS . |
| 15 | All the Duchamp brothers were at this time passionately interested in mathematics ; Jacques Villon was engaged in reading Leonardo 's Trattato della Pittura , while Marcel Duchamp was a close friend of an amateur mathematician named Maurice Princet , so that it is not surprising that they should have been responsible for introducing a more scientific note into Cubist discussions . |
| 16 | The three organizers , however , and many of the painters most directly concerned , were at this period working in a Cubist idiom . |
| 17 | Both Delaunay and Le Fauconnier , who did not exhibit at the Galerie de la Boétie either , were at this point on less friendly terms with the other members of the movement , and for this reason their works were not illustrated in Du Cubisme . |
| 18 | But , before she could sort out just what her feelings were at this blatant example of male collusion , Folly found herself being steered towards the revolving doors to the street . |
| 19 | Both young men then glanced at each other , clamming up in some embarrassment as they recalled that the fortune they were at this moment vying for had been lost by Benedict Beckenham , for the story of the will was naturally common knowledge among his intimates . |
| 20 | I presume you were at this morning 's ? ’ |
| 21 | But they also say in the alternative that that since the plaintiffs themselves were at this time by mid to late October of nineteen eighty five , not ready or able to complete it would have been improper erm for the defendant to advise the plaintiffs to serve a special notice to complete and my Lord the question that therefore arises er whether , even if that were correct , er and it 's not admitted that it is , that exonerates the defendants from given the advice er and whether they should still have advised the plaintiff erm of the opportunity which was open to him , that the plaintiff could if necessary take that course himself or be advised to go er elsewhere and be advised independently is er this is , this the point of the matter which he regarded as improper and was not willing to do it on the plaintiff 's behalf . |
| 22 | erm strike out , interim payment , order fourteen er itself , there 's always still available to them , erm that the other side of the coin is if they get their money and of course they 're going to be threatening bankruptcy for some four thousand odd Names , I mean that 's , that 's equally devastating to individuals , erm my Lord , one would be into a type of argument on balance of convenience if we were at this stage , one would be considering the bankruptcy of the names , whether they have the funds to pay , even if judgment is given against them because vast majority do n't and what would be the point of giving judgment , this order fourteen cases saying one should n't do it in those circumstances , what if the names are right , will they get the money back , will they get a cross undertaking damages and pre er , er and to what extent do now have the funds , to what extent will it actually effect their business in the light of of |
| 23 | Richard come back where you were at this side . |
| 24 | It was at this time that Diderot , who often strolled into the artists ' studios , paid a visit to David , and saw a picture which the artist was just finishing . |
| 25 | Ironically , it was at this time that Ezra Pound , who had been arrested and imprisoned for treason , was examined by four prominent psychologists and judged to be insane . |
| 26 | Henry Newbolt was at this time Hewlett 's neighbour in Wiltshire , and it seems to have been at this Christmas time that Hewlett took Pound to see Newbolt , who figures elsewhere in Canto 80 : |
| 27 | Peter does n't ’ And it was at this stage that someone else said , ‘ But Peter would n't like it , ’ and some little woman , who I 'd thought until that moment was a nun , said , ‘ Oh , fuck Big Petie . ’ |
| 28 | It was at this time that Asgerjorn resigned his membership of the SI , although he continued to finance it through the sale of his paintings which were increasingly in demand in the 1960s . |
| 29 | Chesterton , always a favourite author , was a Christian ; it was at this period that Lewis read The Everlasting Man , and it made a profound impression on him . |
| 30 | It was at this point that Tolkien reiterated the argument already made familiar to Lewis by Barfield . |