Example sentences of "that they were at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police driver asked for her documents but the woman explained , with a pleasant smile that they were at her home nearby . |
| 2 | Most companies said they used the results as research , although a few said they advised workers that they were at higher risk in certain jobs than others . |
| 3 | Next morning they would wake up and find that they were at home . |
| 4 | Several times they crossed paths that led into the forest but it was not until another hour had passed and the moon was paling in the light of the false dawn that they were at last among strange scattered rocks like those which strewed the fringe of the forest where they had first entered the Waste . |
| 5 | Only two per cent said that they were at all dissatisfied with the arrangement : to put this in perspective , about ten per cent of buyers ( credit or cash ) were prepared to admit to being dissatisfied in some way with the goods they had bought . |
| 6 | The witness concerned should explain that he had a good unobstructed view of the traffic lights and that they were at red when the vehicle or part of it passed them . |
| 7 | They had ignored the seriousness of the news bulletins that night and taken a trip down the Mersey on the Royal Iris to celebrate the finishing of their bedroom , though Mr Chamberlain had told them next day that they were at war with Germany . |
| 8 | It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master . |
| 9 | They felt that through joining the movement they had been liberated from the ills of modern society and that they were at last free to make the world a better place and themselves better people . |
| 10 | That they were at least in part effective was clearly the case . |
| 11 | The authors argue that newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy decreases emotional distress because it avoids delays in diagnosing the disease , and without newborn screening two or more boys could be born with Duchenne muscular dystrophy before parents realised that they were at risk of having an affected child . |
| 12 | Erm the point that they were at pains to make as well was that erm that because of the low cost nature of these homes erm the charge for a mortgage would actually be less than er , is is common in a charge for most association properties with similar sites erm in terms of rent . |
| 13 | Also , I was always under the impression that the likes of Constable , whilst in full knowledge that they were at the top of their profession , regarded themselves as craftsmen . |
| 14 | During the first few tens of Ma Jupiter would cool so quickly that it hardly matters what the initial temperatures were provided that they were at least a few times 10 000 K. After a few hundred Ma , the exact time depending on the initial temperatures but in any case a small fraction of Jupiter 's lifetime , the rate of cooling would be far less . |
| 15 | Those of the cast who remembered the euphoria of Taunton were disappointed , but they comforted themselves with the fact that they were at least on , something which three days previously had looked most unlikely . |
| 16 | As to the Scottish electorate , I reassure the hon. Gentleman that they were at the forefront in seeking the abolition of domestic rates and they will be at the forefront in resisting their reintroduction by the Opposition . |
| 17 | There is no certainty as to which church and manor house the account in the Office refers to , but it is highly probable that they were at Pickering . |
| 18 | They had arrived back at her hotel , however , before Fabia realised that they were at cross purposes about why she should want to return to her hotel so early . |