Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stayed in a cottage on the cliffs , overlooking the harbour , and within moments of arrival , my brother Ian and I were at the end of the pier , fishing . |
| 2 | The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre . |
| 3 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
| 4 | and they said everybody there 's a meeting , so I thought oh christ cos it was just a standard joke me and Elaine , cos the last meeting they had , I were at the leisure shop then and they called the meeting to tell us it was the end and it was closing , and me and Elaine sneaked down the hall and we were going like this |
| 5 | Indeed when I was at the police college in 1987 and Jones was on the Senior Command Course prior to taking up a position as assistant chief constable , I took a straw poll among my immediate colleagues to see what influence such books achieve . |
| 6 | I decided to stay where I was at the moment until things quietened down . |
| 7 | Twenty minutes later I was at the head of the queue . |
| 8 | Twice I was at the cinema when it burned down . |
| 9 | I was at the Trocadero , Elephant and Castle , as an assistant manager , and there were a hundred and twenty-two on the staff . |
| 10 | In 1974 I was at the National Theatre doing Shakespeare with Sir John Gielgud and whenever there was a play it was in repertory form , so another play came on and I had five days off , so I 'd fly to Toronto , have a three day ‘ loon ’ in Canada and then come back . |
| 11 | When I was at the Transport Department , my aim was a good rail service for the public and as efficient a service as possible . |
| 12 | ‘ I was at the National Theatre doing a play about a flying picket called Line ‘ Em by Nigel Williams . |
| 13 | In 1980 I was at the Cleveland debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter . |
| 14 | A little later , I stood nervously beside my bag , hoping that I was at the right bus stop for Sligo . |
| 15 | At the end of this fourth volume , I am still not certain whether I have been reading about a great man , any more than I was at the end of the third volume , or the second , or the first . |
| 16 | ‘ Shall we say that I 'm less uncertain than I was at the beginning . ’ |
| 17 | Somehow , after half an hour , I was at the top looking back at the sign which warned ‘ Rapide Descente 300 metres ’ . |
| 18 | I was at the Combeses ' yesterday , and the Hammonds were there . |
| 19 | I remember when I was at the Open University , the people who were engaged in implementing Open University programmes in the States , who were the deans in charge of the Open University experiments , were all women and all ‘ marginal ’ to the mainline male career people . |
| 20 | I have always been particularly grateful to Fred for this generous and helpful boost when I was at the crossroads . |
| 21 | I was at the Embassy then , and it used to be very busy . |
| 22 | The first week I was at the school , I attempted to climb a tree , and was reproved by a horrified prefect . |
| 23 | I was at the station with my father when the first trainload of children arrived . |
| 24 | I was at the Old Bailey , spent about two weeks there — I had the London detective with me . |
| 25 | I was at the local convent school from twelve to eighteen years old and I was considered clever but ‘ strange ’ . |
| 26 | I 'm sure they 're the nicest guys in the world , but I was at the MTV awards in America when they were trying to do a soundcheck , and they could n't do a song because their tapes were n't working . |
| 27 | When I was at the GLC , Ken Livingstone was in charge and I thought it was the beginning of Utopia , so many wonderful things were happening at last . |
| 28 | I think I was at the end of the line . |
| 29 | I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film . |
| 30 | So there I was at the Whirl-Y-Gig , which is a New Age club much favoured by the Haight-Ashbury set . |