Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] be at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In contrast , the population of the inner ring is now nearly four times the size it was at the beginning of this century and the population of the outer ring is nearly twice the size . |
| 32 | if the horse is travelling fast on the road he 's at the trot , I mean it is n't |
| 33 | Other times it is at the back of my seat . |
| 34 | Alright , mother 's alright , she 's on top of the world she is at the moment , nothing of her , but , she seems to be struggling through it all . |
| 35 | It was everyone 's dream to mix their album in their front room and that 's the kind of studio it was at the time . |
| 36 | ‘ According to the report he was at The Morvyl Arms until closing time , after which he walked home to his caravan at Mil ! er 's Bottom . ’ |
| 37 | As one of McLaughlin 's respondents , who had been caring for her mother for seven years , pointed out : ‘ Well that really is a nonsense because the amount it is at the moment compared to anybody that 's had the chance of a full-time job , you 're talking of £24 as opposed to a job of about £98 ’ ( McLaughlin , 1991 , p. 48 ) . |
| 38 | Last year we were at the bottom ; we can forget about that . |
| 39 | And you see doing th er that er junior the junior school In the earlier junior school we were at the church as well , which was on the next street , St John 's Church at Mansfield . |
| 40 | Without the anchor of personal conviction they are at the mercy of every ebb and flow of opinion . |
| 41 | If it helps the hon. Gentleman , I shall try to wear my tie upside down the next time I am at the Dispatch Box . |
| 42 | The feeling of fear had subsided somewhat and I remembered looking into the rubble-strewn backyards and thinking how sad it was that they were now in ruin , as last time I was at the station they were occupied . |
| 43 | Yeah last time we were at the back though |
| 44 | The main force should have got into the town under the cover of a raid by the RAF , but by the time they were at the foot of the escarpment , this was almost over . |
| 45 | Making the means of production into private property leads to exploitation , for if people have no access to the means of production they are at the mercy of those who do . |
| 46 | But of course it 's , it 's a very tough deal for women , I mean women in erm in a way really get the raw end of it because that to some extent they 're at the mercy of the whole system , even though they can if they absolutely have to . |
| 47 | This time it was at the hands of Grimsby Town . |
| 48 | The last time he was at the Phoenix , in Simon Gray 's The Common Pursuit , John Sessions was lost in a soggy , unsympathetic part , while co-stars like Rik Mayall and Stephen Fry hogged all the limelight ; he seemed a non-entity . |
| 49 | I remember you telling me that on the night of the fire he was at the pub with a group of friends . ’ |