Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 2 | She just had to turn out , and there was nothing coming down , foot down , opened up , got I was at the top of the hill and she was nowhere in sight . |
| 3 | ‘ How did you know I was at the Holiday Inn ? ’ |
| 4 | There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in . |
| 5 | When we were all seated in our kitchen Frankie wanted to know who was at the graveyard and what had happened . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There are still one or two people we 've got to see who were at the Muddington dance , notably a lad called Barry Taylor who has some explaining to do . |
| 9 | Cranston asked , winking good-humouredly at the maid who had also hurried down to see who was at the door . |
| 10 | For a minute she did n't know where she was and , as she realised she was at the farm , fear stayed firmly with her . |
| 11 | I mean you were at the meeting that 's why I 'm referring to you . |
| 12 | Old one old ones just used which was at the bulb in every hen house and it was free range and I think there was nothing better than that . |
| 13 | She could see she was at the point where the police might be going to do some hard questioning . |
| 14 | I should have thought it was at the bottom |
| 15 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
| 16 | I hear you were at the Empire the other night ? |
| 17 | Patrick was wishing he was at the wheel . |
| 18 | Ok roger I was at the Fav and I guess you were but there were two guys fitting your description ( I never knew that sheepskins were so popular ! ) |
| 19 | I believe you were at the theatre ? ’ |
| 20 | They put a lot of effort into it , but I tell you what , if I read Access , I would never have believed I was at the same conference . |
| 21 | I thought I was at the office . ’ |
| 22 | And a few years later , when Edwin Hubble found that nearly all other galaxies are flying away from our own , he correctly reasoned that this did not mean we were at the centre of the Universe . |
| 23 | Theoretically , every person was subject to the whim of the sultan , which in practice meant they were at the mercy of his capricious subordinates . |
| 24 | The next time I saw her was at the crematorium . |
| 25 | It took her a moment or two to realise they were at the hotel . |
| 26 | Before his reign the site would have been on the southernmost borders of the empire ; when he died it was at the empire 's heart . |
| 27 | He felt he was at the heart not just of Royalbion House , not even of London , but of the entire cosmos . |
| 28 | 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 ! |
| 29 | did n't like us , oh no , no , no matter where we went there was always , there was n't trouble like there is now , I mean there was no violence as such you know , but we thought it was at the time , you know , they were n't very nice to us at all |
| 30 | I thought it was at the tenth anniversary , every five years after that , I did n't realise that came into , John said it was . |