Example sentences of "when they were at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson had to trot briskly , to keep up with his wife ; and he trotted responsibly , because there was no doubt that he was proud of his charge — tall and upright as a Grenadier Guard as she was , and issuing instructions in the way that I imagine a Grenadier might , so that when they were at home her voice would sometimes float right up the road and into our garden , ‘ Wilson ! |
| 2 | There were over 5,000 in the Volunteers when they were at their greatest strength and although future years were to see Glasgow regiments of men who fought and died in many lands , the old Volunteers who fought a dog and lost , were soldiers too . |
| 3 | He frequently referred to the students when they were at College , and for long after , as his ‘ children ’ . |
| 4 | Along with the Thwaites at High Birk Hatt the Fawcetts kept a neighbourly eye on the Hauxwells when they were at their most vulnerable . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , she said a lot of good things about how housework and things were essential social work — you know , saying it was work , hard work , servicing other people , not that airy fairy labour of love stuff , and how it ought to be recognised , and how it was because women were seen as wives and mothers that they got low wages , no money when they were at home looking after small kids . |
| 6 | When they were at their nadir there would be a transformation . |
| 7 | The polls have given Neil Kinnock more obvious cause for hope , but even when they were at their briefly euphoric peak last week , he remained soberly satisfied , rather than certain . |
| 8 | Luckily too old to know any better : the amazing Cramps THE CRAMPS : Off The Bone THE ULTIMATE collection of gassed-out , greased-up garage rock from the top gorehounds when they were at the peak of their creativity . |
| 9 | Mr Ramaphosa suggested that the government timed the arrests in order to delay the talks precisely when they were at last poised for a breakthrough . |
| 10 | He was , for instance , among those charged to receive Clement V in Aquitaine after his election to the papacy , in July 1305 , and ordered the giving of gifts to the French envoys to the new pope when they were at Bordeaux . |
| 11 | He would often hold her hand when they were at large gatherings : it was , one friend wrote , " very touching " . |
| 12 | When they were at the nursery I could take them at 7 a.m. and pick them up at 6 p.m . |
| 13 | But when they were at school they were just in and out , and home at 3.30 p.m . |
| 14 | Fresh flowers are fine for scenting the air but their life is finite , and to preserve their perfume , it was found that a mixture of flower petals , collected when they were at exactly the right stage in their development , then carefully dried or part-dried , and mixed with an ingredient which " fixed " the perfume , such as orris root ( Iris gennanica florentina ) would continue to give off fragrance for months and even years . |
| 15 | This meant many of the staff could be travelling for days on end , racing against deadlines , and , just when they were at their most exhausted , might receive a summons to fly to France the next day , which usually meant leaving at 5.30 am . |
| 16 | We have some wry wry smiles from some of the older people er in the group here because they er did n't get much when they were at the formative stages of their careers . |
| 17 | ‘ You know , I 'm getting quite used to this invisible business , ’ Mitch muttered to Maggie when they were at last settled to their table . |
| 18 | Recalling Thatcher fortunes when they were at a low ebb , Baroness Castle of Blackburn , as she now is , reminds us that Margaret Thatcher was at one stage rated the most unpopular Prime Minister in history a tag now attached to John Major . |
| 19 | When they were at the grandmother 's house , they slept in a spare room and sometimes their father , grandfather and uncle had come in . |
| 20 | At home , when they were at home they had bells in their home , and erm by pressing the appropriate button , er an electrical charge was sent across these wires , it was private wires to these homes and the bell rang , and as soon as the bell rang all hell broke loose in these , these homes . |
| 21 | When they were at home unmarried , they were strictly chaperoned . |
| 22 | When they were at home |
| 23 | If you talk to women in the sort of project where she 's working , I think you do get a very strong picture of people who have very little confidence in themselves and certainly think that education is not for them , and if you then look at projects like second chance for women , there 's a range of access projects , particularly for for people who want to get back into education when they think that they 've had precious little chance to get anything out of education when they were at school themselves . |