Example sentences of "[was/were] at [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two figures were at its eaves with torches . |
| 2 | Unwisely Spain intrigued for an anti-British coalition as she intrigued for an anti-American coalition in 1898 ; as Wellington observed , Spain acted ‘ as if Europe were at her feet ’ . |
| 3 | Then her hands were at her back , unclasping mine . |
| 4 | They 'd reached the side of the boat and Guido 's hands were at her waist , about to hoist her up on board . |
| 5 | A whole array of faces came and went , of children who were at her school and children who had been there once . |
| 6 | The police driver asked for her documents but the woman explained , with a pleasant smile that they were at her home nearby . |
| 7 | It 's something off , it 's just the attachment that goes from ma , my mum 's Walkman and she nicked off with it when it was at when we were at her house and if I lo , if I keep it anywhere else I 'll lose it so I 've clipped it on to there so I know where it is . |
| 8 | She ran down the track as if the hounds of death were at her heels and struggled with the door of the jeep , snatched at the steering-wheel , fumbled with the ignition . |
| 9 | Tragically , the means were at her disposal . ’ |
| 10 | She hurt , but all her limbs were at her disposal . |
| 11 | Last night Clare 's parents were at her hospital bedside as she recovered after an operation on her horrific wounds . |
| 12 | But his lips were at her mouth , murmuring tenderness . |
| 13 | ‘ At the end we were at her bedside and she could n't really speak — she was slipping in and out of coma — but she was able to squeeze my hand . |
| 14 | Her parents Colin and Lillian from Eccles in Manchester were at her bedside . |
| 15 | Her husband , Dave Hardy , and their two daughters were at her bedside . |
| 16 | Some were at their wit 's end . |
| 17 | IN THE mid-1980s press stories about coniferous trees in German forests losing their needles were at their peak . |
| 18 | This year America 's deficit and Germany 's surplus are forecast to be less than half as big , as a percentage of GNP , as they were at their peak ; Japan 's surplus may be only a quarter of its peak level . |
| 19 | He was attached to the office dealing with Tom and Jerry , the MGM cartoon characters who were at their peak , and they needed an assistant to help handle their fan letters . |
| 20 | Leaving aside discussion of case loads and the closure of cases ( to be covered below ) the development officers found this referral rate entirely manageable except towards the end of the referral year when case loads were at their peak and referrals were also high ; for example , the development officer in Newham remarked in January l985 ‘ I feel a bit shell-shocked this month with ail the new referrals together with all my problem cases ’ . |
| 21 | This and other theatres elsewhere were at their peak when the gentry came in for the Quarter Sessions ; for wives and marriageable daughters , there were the balls and concerts of the Assembly Rooms specially built at the back of the George Hotel . |
| 22 | When deaths were at their peak in 1982 , just 207,000 drivers were screened . |
| 23 | Suppose that he recently sold bonds short ( ie , promised to deliver in future bonds which he did not then own ) when prices were at their peak . |
| 24 | The same rules apply to the losers , except that the date used is when their shares were at their peak . |
| 25 | At Felin Isaf , just outside Conwy is a unique water mill has been restored to its 1870 condition when operations were at their peak . |
| 26 | The First World War curtailed his ambitions but after the hostilities his cars were at their peak and invincible . |
| 27 | Egyptian forces again proved militarily superior to the Turks ; the Turkish fleet went over to the enemy ; the Sultan died when hostilities were at their peak ; and an Egyptian march on Constantinople seemed even likelier than at the end of 1832 . |
| 28 | It was a Saturday but , on 24 August 1991 , the most important employees of the Central Committee of the Communist Party were at their desks . |
| 29 | On the other hand , when you see thousands climbing over the embassy railings as if the Devil were at their heels , you think you must be stupid to stay . ’ |
| 30 | As to the judiciary , the prevailing Home Office belief was that the need was simply to get the judges to grasp the facts , revealed by criminological research and the experience of the prison and probation services , about the suitability of various sorts of offenders for the different forms and lengths of sentence which were at their disposal . |