Example sentences of "[verb] he was at " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alleged hitman accused of pushing a young couple over a cliff in a burning car has claimed he was at home smoking drugs at the time . |
| 2 | I imagine he was at home with his highly attractive wife . ’ |
| 3 | He asked instead why Hunter-Blair had not said he was at the Post on the day of the murder and why he had troubled to ask Linley to keep his presence secret . |
| 4 | The guy was probably dead when we tipped him into the shaft — we just assumed he was at the time though the older I got the less sure of that I was — but even if was n't , he must have been killed when he hit the bottom ; it 's thirty metres at least . |
| 5 | Afterwards , when they were alone , Marshall said : ‘ If that was an accurate account , one person had ample opportunity to take the knife off the bar and we already know he was at Linley 's party . ’ |
| 6 | He found himself wishing he was at home again , at Polly 's home , and could creep stealthily into the twins ' room and sit there as he sometimes had at night , on the floor among their discarded toys and cuddly animals , with his back to the wall , listening to the sound of their breathing . |
| 7 | Patrick was wishing he was at the wheel . |
| 8 | I see that Wetherall got MOTM for the game on Saturday from one of the tabloids , so much for me saying he was at fault for the goals . |
| 9 | I suppose he was at Jefferson 's . |
| 10 | Just because he knew about her it did not mean he was at all reliable . |
| 11 | He felt he was at the heart not just of Royalbion House , not even of London , but of the entire cosmos . |
| 12 | Next thing I knew he was at the door , insisting that I accept the invitation and asking me if I was prepared to make another documentary with him ! |
| 13 | The king called Maclean of Duart to Edinburgh , to explain just what he thought he was at , creating havoc all over the west coast . |
| 14 | Oh I thought he was at school , you know , bigger boy at school . |
| 15 | I do n't think he was at all well known abroad but in Austria he was famous for his wit . |
| 16 | He could n't manage it and he said that he felt that he had to stop being an MP er for several reasons , one of them was that he thought most MPs like he agreed he was at certain times , were out of touch . |
| 17 | When a leader in the Independent accuses Freddie Mercury of being a bad example because of homosexual acts committed in strictly guarded privacy before he realised he was at risk , it is using science as a screen for unexamined prejudice . |
| 18 | When I 'd finished he hummed and hawed a bit , but finally admitted he was at fault and promised to apologise to you as well . |
| 19 | I heard him giving many readings , and now of course they are on record ; but I think he was at his best — with every word clearly articulated — among a small group such as that at Kelham . |
| 20 | ‘ I think he was at a stage where he dare not sleep . |
| 21 | er and the , the son , I think he was at college himself |
| 22 | She smiled with relief , thinking he was at last calling off his proposal . |
| 23 | Lord said he was at a loss to find room to play his shots in the first two games . |
| 24 | He said he was at Dynmouth Comprehensive himself , a terrible dump . |
| 25 | White said he was at home smoking drugs when the attack took place . |
| 26 | But Young and Smyth denied knowing anything about the attack or the woman 's death , and the court heard that Young , a self-confessed drug addict , said he was at home suffering from withdrawal symptoms on the day of the mugging . |
| 27 | But you said he was at the bottom of the stairs I was at the top and you were in his office |
| 28 | In fact he had sent a message via the Chief Whip telling him that if he felt he must abstain he was at liberty to do so . |