Example sentences of "[conj] i [was/were] at " in BNC.

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1 Julian Charley , to Edward England , my publisher , and to St. John 's College , Nottingham , where I was at that time principal , and by whose Governors I had been given study leave in order to write the book .
2 ‘ The little one , ’ she called me , although I was at least as tall as she was .
3 Although I was at art school for four years , I was hardly ever there , I always worked at home .
4 A year or so before that I was at a conference in America where deconstruction bulked largely on the agenda .
5 During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star .
6 A little later , I stood nervously beside my bag , hoping that I was at the right bus stop for Sligo .
7 I could think that I was at school again , lying in the long grass waiting to bat , or walking over Berkshire downs or along a Devon valley .
8 ‘ I was so far on side the decision was a joke , ’ said Hazard , adding : ‘ The TV people told me after watching a replay that I was at least two yards on side . ’
9 Did I tell you that I was at Belsen just after it was liberated ? ’
10 Er I might also say , on open access which is something that I was at a meeting for yesterday in London .
11 Nevertheless , I was always thankful that I was at Magdalen , perhaps the most beautiful of Oxford colleges .
12 Does n't that mean that I was at least a little sober ?
13 When I bought my first company and began to build up the business , I had to live in the city , so that I was at the centre of things .
14 My one solace is that I was at your side .
15 ‘ I rather think ’ Mr Nightingale said ‘ that I was at school with your uncle C. A. Harbinger .
16 Oh well it was not a meeting that I was at then
17 Now come on Stephen you were at the same debate that I was at , the housing committee .
18 I mean I 've just , but all the years that I was at the home every day I would say hello Flo , hello Elsie how are you ?
19 At the end of this fourth volume , I am still not certain whether I have been reading about a great man , any more than I was at the end of the third volume , or the second , or the first .
20 ‘ Shall we say that I 'm less uncertain than I was at the beginning . ’
21 They 're much better informed than I was at their age .
22 ‘ I 'm lighter now than I was at Tottenham .
23 I 've never been soooo pissed off at a game than I was at the rangers game at Elland Road .
24 That was John Russell , no older than I was at twenty-one and no more Apache than I was .
25 So what if I am an even worse footballer now than I was at school .
26 Wendy and I were at once amused and embarrassed , but also concerned lest he be mown down by a passing train .
27 We stayed in a cottage on the cliffs , overlooking the harbour , and within moments of arrival , my brother Ian and I were at the end of the pier , fishing .
28 ‘ Did you know that he and I were at school together ? ’
29 ‘ Anna and I were at Alassio .
30 ‘ Rory 's a chap Bootsy and I were at school with , ’ she said .
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