Example sentences of "[be] [verb] was at " in BNC.

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1 The amount being recorded was at the limit of the detector 's sensitivity and the scientists felt that it did n't ( yet ) prove anything one way or the other .
2 The room she was using was at the back of the house , and as she got up and walked over to the window to look out she could see a panorama of fields lying lush and green under a cloudless May sky .
3 The one bed that was occupied was at the far end of the ward .
4 The Egypt into which Nasser was born was at its base an old and stable society .
5 The justice 's role in the disposal of the offence with which Mr. Bell was charged was at an end .
6 But that w that was how it was started was at , at the Lock at Bloxwich Lock .
7 The third was ensuring that whatever equipment was required was at the right place — and would work .
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