Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [prep] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been clear to the Prussian government that if it had not been for government subsidy the Junker estates would have collapsed under their own weight long ago , but they were nevertheless incapable of striking at what they saw to be the basis and guarantor of their state and society . |
| 2 | The two women were slightly late in arriving at Geoffrey 's college that evening . |
| 3 | The story was current when I was there that this distinguished classical scholar , so accustomed to dealing with the textual problems of Thucydides and Greek epigraphy , was somewhat disconcerted on arriving at Bletchley station to be greeted by an evacuee urchin , jeering : ‘ I 'll read yer secret writing , guv'nor ! ’ |
| 4 | He was always useless at running at school ! ’ |
| 5 | There was a reduced staff on the ward for Christmas , so Belinda had offered to clean and massage Faye 's feet as she was now accustomed to doing at home . |
| 6 | He was jointly responsible for writing at least one tune which became a hit and made a name for the other writer . |
| 7 | I also know he was never tired of gazing at me as I lay on my front . |