Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and I were at a lobby at the House of Commons yesterday , in er , celebration of the mobility allowance , which campaigned very successfully , and we , in the Community Transport field , have very close working relationships and communication . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | ‘ I remember I was at a council meeting and they mentioned they were having difficulty letting an old shop on the end of Redcar pier , ’ said Mr Brook . |
| 7 | I was at a day school in Hampstead , King Alfred School , in its heyday , and we went out to Golders Green and boarded the open top of a No. 13 bus and sat on it till it came back to Golders Green again — such sights we saw ! |
| 8 | As you can imagine I was at a bit of a loose end . |
| 9 | She said er , I was at a reception in London at the Indian Embassy and when er I was introduced as coming from , she says , The High Commission said to me , You come from ? |
| 10 | Sale fan John Flacks , a member of the fledgling Supporters Shareholders Association , said last night : ‘ I was at a meeting with Alex Ferguson on Thursday and he inferred that something might be sorted out by today . |
| 11 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 12 | On the other hand , on one of my visits I was at a meeting when I heard some commotion outside and asked what it was . |
| 13 | Er I might also say , on open access which is something that I was at a meeting for yesterday in London . |
| 14 | I was at a meeting with er Kenneth Clark , name-dropper |
| 15 | I was at a meeting in London yesterday where I handed over my report . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and er because I 'm by background an electronics engineer and I was at a meeting there where a chap was giving a talk on design express lifts you know at Northampton and the Chairman stood up and introduced doctor whoever he was sat down turned round to me in the second row and said could you give a vote of thanks at the end . |
| 17 | I was at a stage where I was used to getting something like cannabis or whatever and , with none of that being around , I thought a bit of this wo n't do me any harm and it just took off from there . |
| 18 | I was at a stage where I was used to getting something like cannabis or whatever and with none a that being round I thought a bita this wo n't do me any harm and it just took off from there … . |
| 19 | Previous to my arrival in Sydney , I was at a stage of uncertainty as to what I did and did not believe . |
| 20 | A few years ago — before 1986 — I was at a party with a few friends and we met some people who used to be in athletics . |
| 21 | Then I did get a break because I was at a party where there were lots of television producers who like to relax and let their hair down , fall out of windows and things like that . |
| 22 | Well years ago I I was at a party which was er , for a woman about to be married and there was a male stripper there . |
| 23 | ‘ Two months ago , ’ Basil said at last , ‘ I was at a party at Lady Brandon 's house . |
| 24 | ‘ I was at a party last week . |
| 25 | I was at a point of crisis , lost , paralysed in the midst of a dense fog . |
| 26 | Quite a few years ago now I was at a Family Service on an Advent Sunday , and the young curate began his talk with a question addressed to the children . |
| 27 | A year or so before that I was at a conference in America where deconstruction bulked largely on the agenda . |
| 28 | It was not until I was at a conference at which Jean Darnall was speaking that I saw the need to ask others to pray for me . |
| 29 | I was at a conference in Berlin on Wednesday that was attended by ministers of the interior for the Twelve and for the countries of eastern Europe . |
| 30 | ‘ I was at a disco on crutches when Nigel asked me about my plans — and casually said I could ride for him whenever I was free . |