Example sentences of "[be] there at " in BNC.

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1 Ideally , the manager should be there at the beginning of a band 's professional career because he or she is going to operate the various deals which are set up .
2 If a conference is due to start at 9.30am , be there at 6.30am .
3 Appropriately enough , in this strange world of not-so-covert agents and hackneyed dramatic devices , it was a secret document that gave the game away : a document that was never meant to be there at all .
4 Nobody understood , either , how it had come to be there at all .
5 ‘ Well , as you say , I 'm supposed to be there at ten past the hour , and my shift finished at six .
6 The nautical details carry a symbolic significance because they suggest that the protagonists are themselves oriented but , as Barth has said , ‘ in the troubled and dangerous waters through which they , like the rest of us , necessarily sail … no degree of skill in navigation or of seaworthiness in the vessel guarantees that the destination will still be there at our Estimated Time of Arrival ’ ( Barth 1984 : 140 ) .
7 He shot a 69 , three-under-par , and although it was n't leading , it did n't change my thinking that he was going to be there at the finish .
8 Maidstone mentioned an address in the Vomero and told Sandison to be there at nine o'clock .
9 Somewhere in the back of my mind I think maybe I was afraid that they would find you although I had heard from you by that time and knew you could not possibly be there at the bottom of Loch Craig .
10 We got all the details from Peggy , who happened to be there at the time , when she popped down later to the Met Office for a reviving cup of coffee and dash of medicinal brandy .
11 I 'd better set off , or I wo n't be there at the station and he 'll think I 'm not coming .
12 We would be there at five-twenty , he said .
13 ‘ Tell him I shall be there at once . ‘
14 Many people believe they owe it to their pet to be there at the end and , in retrospect , are glad that they were , yet you may feel you ca n't cope with witnessing this very sad event .
15 Can you be there at 3.30 ?
16 For any of you who 've never run the race but who 'll be there at the start on April 26 , be prepared for Killer Kendrick .
17 The 33-year-old striker , who will be making his 500th League appearance , says : ‘ I believe United have the strongest squad , and they will be there at the death , no question .
18 ‘ No , but we 'd like to be there at the beginning so that we could if we want to , then run away , ’ Eve explained .
19 There 's no bell saying you all have to be there at such a time . ’
20 ‘ I can be there at odd times .
21 He knew that he would make his way towards the tannery , and hoped that the woman — he had never asked her name — would be there at this hour .
22 They needed to be there at daybreak , so the Islander set off first at about 11pm and Spencer took-off at two o'clock in the morning .
23 On the eve of the wedding , which Diana spent at Clarence House , her mood was much improved when Charles sent her a signet ring engraved with the Prince of Wales feathers and an affectionate card which said : ‘ I 'm so proud of you and when you come up I 'll be there at the altar for you tomorrow .
24 His newly retired Sonauto Gauloises team mate Christian Sarron will be there at all the grands prix to give wise counsel to his young compatriot .
25 Erm so witnesses er ca n't be beneficiaries and they must be there at the same time .
26 So look out for Informed Choice at NCT branches and A Privilege To Be There at your local GP unit and hospital antenatal classes ( they are not available privately ) .
27 No one 'll be there at break . "
28 So the men had to be there at the right time you had t ?
29 It was touching and exciting to be there at the end singing ‘ It 's a lovely day tomorrow ’ with Cilla and Su and Cannon and Wisdom and Norden and Ball , and God could only bless the GB Public for their incredible largess .
30 The sword struck a boulder concealed in the heather concealed , a watcher might have considered , so artfully that a moment before it had not appeared to be there at all .
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