Example sentences of "she [was/were] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mainly there was silence , in still greenish light , as if she were at the bottom of a pool . |
| 2 | She described how she was at a butcher 's shop when she noticed James had gone . |
| 3 | She was wearing high-heeled shoes — which is very unusual for a First Spiritualist — and she was smirking at people as if she was at a cocktail party rather than morning service . |
| 4 | She was at a stall ; they sell all kinds of things . |
| 5 | And Violet Hunt , loyally selling copies at half-price in her drawing room , confesses in her memoir I Have This to Say that she was at a loss to explain why the damned were damned , and the blest were blest . |
| 6 | She could sense some undercurrent of tension which she was at a loss to explain . |
| 7 | It was out of character for her to show a customer anything less than friendliness , but she was at a loss with this one , completely thrown off balance , and it showed in her abrupt tone . |
| 8 | At the time , Avril felt she was at a crossroads in her life . |
| 9 | As the evening progressed she knew she was at a crossroads . |
| 10 | If she was at a rave , how come we have n't had anything from the patrol cars about it ? ’ |
| 11 | Six months later , having kept her breast intact , she was at a party when the surgeon appeared on the other side of the room . |
| 12 | She was at a table by herself with her back to him . |
| 13 | There she was at the door . ’ |
| 14 | Now she was at the door of number 28 , which had not been repainted , but still Miss Statham lingered . |
| 15 | He was sitting in the bar with a drink and the evening paper when she came down , and though he appeared not to notice her quiet descent until she was at the foot of the stairs , she had seen him shift his weight some seconds before he looked up , ready to spring to his feet and intercept her . |
| 16 | He assumed she was guilty , took it for granted that she was at the foot of everything , and that left a bitter taste in her mouth . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps she was at the pub . |
| 18 | She was at the pub in the village at seven-thirty , but she was pretty sure he would n't show . |
| 19 | Kylie enjoyed the performance so much that when a Melbourne football club asked members of the Neighbours cast to sing together at a charity concert , she was at the head of the queue to sign on . |
| 20 | She was at the bottom of the stairs , he was two steps up . |
| 21 | She was at the rectory kitchen door a week later , meeting Rose as she had promised , for tea with her ma and a trip up West in the evening . |
| 22 | Two years ago Mrs Ayers went next door to feed Ivy 's cat while she was at the hairdressers when she disturbed burglars at work . |
| 23 | She knew , without any consolation , that she was at the mercy of everything which was most ancient and fearful . |
| 24 | In fact , during pregnancy , she becomes able to ingest and utilise more of the necessary substance than is required by the child alone so that by the end of pregnancy she will be better off for such substances as nitrogen , calcium etc. than she was at the beginning . |
| 25 | She was at the clinic when it was delivered , working on some case notes . |
| 26 | She was at the gallery in less than five minutes . |
| 27 | And she was at the cemetery every day with |
| 28 | She was at the top of the steps leading down to the front door of the Moebius Strip . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ She was at the Lodge ? ’ |