Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | When he arrived it was at a very particular time of day . |
| 5 | I can not say how touched I am at the warmth of the reception you have arranged for me . ’ |
| 6 | I am writing to convey how shocked and saddened I am at the news . |
| 7 | I thought I was at the office . ’ |
| 8 | And I thought somebody 's at the door . |
| 9 | At the time , Avril felt she was at a crossroads in her life . |
| 10 | ‘ The last time I saw you was at a launch party in 1979 , ’ she giggled . |
| 11 | As the evening progressed she knew she was at a crossroads . |
| 12 | Theoretically , every person was subject to the whim of the sultan , which in practice meant they were at the mercy of his capricious subordinates . |
| 13 | The next time I saw her was at the crematorium . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He felt he was at the heart not just of Royalbion House , not even of London , but of the entire cosmos . |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | All her father remembered about his grandfather was that he was a dour man and that the only relaxation he ever gave himself was at the races . |
| 20 | In November 1952 Karajan made what was at the time a celebrated recording of Bach 's B minor Mass . |
| 21 | He said you were at the Tower because of Sir Ralph Whitton 's death . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ How long had you been at the Jenner Clinic ? ’ |
| 23 | Kate wished she was at the pantomime . |
| 24 | Had we been at the house of my parents we would have shared the fate of the rest of the family … |
| 25 | Spokesman Mr. Robinson said they were at the meeting to voice their objections to an application by Greenbanks Nursing Home to enlarge its premises . |
| 26 | 15% have plans underway , 10% said they were at the pilot stage and 11% are ‘ seriously considering ’ it — the other 56% have no open systems plans whatsoever . |
| 27 | Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer . |
| 28 | He told me more , he said it was at a farm near Park . |
| 29 | Maman said it was at the back , the other way from the bathroom end of the corridor . |
| 30 | He said he 's at the home and everything 's going alright and he 's saying he 's already sent us the , the , the invitation , but I have no invitation |