Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day before the dinner I received word from the admiral 's ADC that if I were to present myself at 6.55 p.m. at his suite in the Gosforth Park Hotel , where we were both staying , he would give me a lift to the dockyard . |
| 2 | if I was recording you at this precise moment ? |
| 3 | ‘ Except for one other memorable occasion , of course — when you were wearing nothing at all . ’ |
| 4 | Gaston , the committee man , who had been eyeing Ingrid the entire evening , trying to discern if she was wearing anything at all under the gold waistcoat , hurried over and pulled her to her feet . |
| 5 | I 've put in stuff for her from all over , and she always thanks me , not like she was paying me at all . |
| 6 | ‘ She was doing nothing at all to help this baby in such distress . |
| 7 | And Fleischmann received a fax from Harwell and learned that they were seeing nothing at all . |
| 8 | Well they were doing it at eleven o'clock last night , it must of been something like that because I heard every word |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm surprised he was given it at all , really . |
| 10 | He had on the long white cloak which signified to the audience that he was wearing nothing at all . |
| 11 | The note which had been sent into him at the factory had said that he was to meet them at eight o'clock on Boxing Night . |
| 12 | As usual it was impossible to tell from Adam 's granite features just how he was feeling — if he was feeling anything at all , she thought savagely . |