Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [noun] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr Lyall will not take anything for granted even though Ipswich are 10 points clear at the top . |
| 2 | Whoever takes control of Oxford has got a job on to keep them in the second division … they 're six points adrift at the bottom … but on Saturday United faired best of the three Central South sides … they drew while Swindon and Hereford both lost |
| 3 | They 're nineteen feet thick at the door . |
| 4 | He had been ten years old at the time of Herbert 's wedding ; his name was Max Beerbohm ; the story is recounted in Lord David Cecil 's Max , A Biography ; the date was 1882 , and sillabub , added Max , was then his favourite dish . |
| 5 | For example there may be further information available at the pattern level , or provided by higher levels of analysis , which will be able to suggest alternative candidate words for the position in error . |
| 6 | The coat to have a standing collar … from 1½ inches to 2 inches in width … a strap on each shoulder reaching from the sleeve seam to the collar seam and buttoning at the upper point with a small brass regulation button ; straps to be 1½ inches wide at the sleeve and 1 inch wide at the collar . |
| 7 | Durham , who are one point clear at the top , are without suspended pair Micky Taylor and Neil Shotton , while defender Billy Youern will have a fitness test . |
| 8 | ‘ Apart from the fact that you were three months pregnant at the time of Simon 's death , ’ Vitor completed . |
| 9 | On the day that Dalglish left Anfield , the team were three points clear at the top and in the fifth round of the FA Cup . |
| 10 | There were several people present at the interview , he told him , and ‘ at least one of them was an FBI agent . ’ |
| 11 | We were fortunate that there were several people present at the Forum who were familiar with the oil industry internationally . |
| 12 | We were fortunate that there were several people present at the Forum who were familiar with the oil industry internationally . |
| 13 | There were two Hungarians present at the Congress . |
| 14 | A few weeks ago they were seven points adrift at the foot of the table . |
| 15 | I know there is a shelf in the area that runs parallel to the bank about three yards out , and that the water is eight feet deep at the bottom of the shelf . |
| 16 | There was one child amongst the others called who was eight months old at the time . |
| 17 | I was eight years old at the time and completely confused by their attitude . |
| 18 | I was eight years old at the time . ’ |
| 19 | From living near the edge of a hot , steamy jungle in Army married quarters and coming back to England to live in a little house in Catterick Camp with snow everywhere , myself and my son , who was eight years old at the time , were sitting eating porridge feeling miserable and cold waiting for a plumber to come and mend a burst pipe . |
| 20 | My daughter , who was six years old at the time , was delighted to be sleeping in Mummy 's bed and I was delighted to have her with me . |
| 21 | HOWEVER , HIS SINGING CAREER STARTED in , of all places , the pop charts : ‘ I was sixteen years old at the time , and at the end of the sixties it seemed just the thing to do . |
| 22 | He was thirty-eight years old at the time — why the hell had n't we heard of him ? |
| 23 | He was 38 years old at the time of this raid . |
| 24 | Gordon Harker 's girlfriend Lisa Hughill was five months pregnant at the time of the assault . |
| 25 | The amusing story spread like wild-fire through the district and tradition maintains that it impressed the fertile imagination of the young Robert Burns , who was nine years old at the time , and that he recalled the incident many years later when he was creating his masterpiece , the poem Tam O' Shanter , which is set in the ruined kirk . |
| 26 | He was 60 years old at the time of Messines , with wide and varied military service behind him , including fighting in South Africa during the Boer War ( 1899–1902 ) , when he played a distinguished part in the relief of Mafeking . |
| 27 | The water was two feet deep at the treetrunk . |
| 28 | As she was seven months pregnant at the time , Geraldine feared not only for herself but also for her unborn child . |