had been at

With a wet towel bound about his aching brow, he had been at work all day.

The mob of Edinburgh, when thoroughly excited, had been at all times one of the fiercest which could be found in Europe.

The deal also underscores the improvement in U. S. Russian relations, which had been at a low point when President Obama took office.

She was the odd one out, just as she had been at school and university: a square peg in a round hole.

Just as he had been at Yale, he was all for state's rights when it came to restrictions on individual liberty.

I would have gone to visit him in the hospital (if) it had been at all possible , but I was occupied the whole of last week.

She had been at her wit' s end trying to think up an idea for her composition assignment.

At no point was the focus higher with this approach than it had been at some point during the marathon approach.

Pearl, whose activity of spirit never flagged, had been at no loss for amusement while her mother talked with the old gatherer of herbs.

'If I had been at a bench my whole life, it would be fine, ' said one vice president, 'but I used to have an office. '

After he had been at the school for a year, Billy started to reap the benefits of a boarding school education.

The new study found that in a whopping 72% of cases, failure to perform the time-out had been at least partly to blame for errors.

Eg. We saw that she had been at the end of her tether, and sent her away for a holiday.

Ever since we had been at the site of the apparent bombing, two hours earlier, something did not feel quite right.

President Roosevelt had been at Warm Springs for over a week.

Powney said she had been at home all day and didn't realize anyone had been killed until police converged on the cul de sac about 3 p. m.

Throughout the bitter winter in the mountains they had been at close grip with a more numerous and better- equipped foe .

He would have seen you if he had been at the meeting.

The Ecumenical Catholic Church which ordained the men had been at loggerheads with the Vatican over the issue of married priests.

I was a far better student in college than I had been at George Washington High.

How's farmers had been, at least, relatively prosperous ; Garland's were crushed with debt .

If you had been at the cinema yesterday, you might have seen him.

Shortly after that, Tony stood and fled the room, holding the side of her head and saying "something" had been at the table where she sat.

Their engagements at Rosings were as frequent during the last week of her stay as they had been at first.

It was later discovered she had been at a speakeasy the night of the kidnapping.

The previous week I had been at the AGM of the company where I'm a non-executive director.

By the time Mr. Schwartz faced investors on a midday conference call on March 14, he had been at the office for more than 24 tense hours.

If she had been at all psychic she must have felt something.

As soon as I returned, I learned that Peter had been at the Museum and would not be back for several hours.

Carlisle remembered her, of course, remembered her as the happy girl she had been at sixteen.

The tide of patronage dropped a little below what it had been at its best since he had been there.

France and Germany had been at odds over whether private holders of Greek bonds should be involved in a Greek rescue package.

But they had been at the receiving end of prejudice long enough, we thought, to empathize with the underdog of either sex.

Viner let me sit in on daily clinical rounds, scheduled that day for C. , a young woman who had been at Yellowbrick for three months.

His first visit had been at age 7, "running excitedly to tell his father about his first French lesson. "

They loved Miss T. She was a dear, kind woman who had been at the school long before they were even born.

He had been at work on this book for months before terrorists attacked the World Trade Center.

In the four days he had been at the fort they had come twice and on both occasions the news was bad.

If I recall correctly, St. Germaine up till that time had been at the Court of Louis XVI of France.

He then asked all the usual band questions about the type of music we played, and how long we had been at it.

It was a lovely day yesterday; I wish I had been at the seaside then.

During his address Obama noted that he and Bush had been at odds over the war.

We thought he was at work when all the while he had been at the cricket match.

I would be far happier if we had been at home, but if we match their work-rate I'm positive we can come out on top.

They also see Kham's 2006 Mitsubishi Evolution car that had been at the center since the shooting.

Indeed, the founders were simply formalising what had been at the core of exchanges since they were first formed in medieval times.

After Billy had been at school for a few months, his school football team took part in a prestigious football competition.

When he had been at school he had learnt nothing, so he was now illiter-ate.

Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia.

The couple, who have dated for five years, were veteran panda aficionados and by chance had been at the zoo the day Tai Shan was born.

If U2 had been at stake, they would not have taken the same risk with its reputation.

Residents told Reuters the demonstration had been at the premises of exploration firm Lundin.

He could never accept the fact that he had been at fault.

It was so unexpected, I forgot about everything that had happened and how angry I had been at her.

footprint evidence that he had been at the scene of the crime.

While they had been at Seoul National University, or Oxford, or Harvard, he had been pouring cement and mending nets.

I had been at Chrysler less than three months when all hell break loose .

The last she had seen of Drogon had been at sunset on the night of the third attempt.

All the bees that had been at the nearby place were doing the circling dance.

I had been at work all day.

Sometimes my friends and i had been at each other's throats for some little thing.

Local media camped outside said police had been at the site and left with someone under arrest.

Arms transfers had been at their lowest level since the 1960's during the previous reporting period between 1999-2003.

In fact, he had been at home, on leave, when the last such surge occurred.

I had been at the bus stop for twenty minutes when a bus finally came.

Not all who had been at the momentous boardroom session left as speedily as Roscoe Heyward.

He had been at the college for five years before he went to this company.

They had been at pains to examine all the statistics.

She was lovely, or had been at one time, or could be again.

If you had been at the party, you would have met him.

The site had been at one time a communal living center, perhaps tens of thousands of years ago.

I had been at the bus stop for 20 minutes when a bus finally came.

We found out later that we had been at the same school.

He had been at Credit Suisse for 17 years in Zurich, Geneva, Dubai and Istanbul.

We got chatting and found we had been at the same college.

I wish I had been at the club yesterday.

I had been at the bus stop for 20 minutes when a bus came.

The country had been at war for many years, and the temple was deserted and falling to pieces.

My lover had been at the gates of death , and at the very brink of eternity.

The agents of Goldstein had been at work!

I was 29, and I had been at Abt for about seven years.

How gross he had been at Mr. Fielding's!

If only I had been at home now!

that there had been a period of his life (and probably not a short one) when he had been, at least, careless in all serious matters;

Adash Daniel, 24, is a protester who had been at the park for three weeks.

And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

His name was Jerry; he was twelve years old, and he had been at the orphanage since he was four.

My first visit to Angkor Wat was in 1980. The country had been at war for