Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] be at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I gave my genuine reason for returning earlier , which was the Arts Council 's monthly meeting , in which I was deeply interested and whose chairman I was at the time . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course I was at the time . |
| 3 | And on November the twelfth that 's a week on Friday they 're at the Ritz at Lincoln in Consett . |
| 4 | Then at work they are at the whim of the boss . |
| 5 | I think she 'd become a habit with him , if you know what I mean — and of course she was at the root of the trouble between Silas and me . ’ |
| 6 | In late October he wrote again to Rohde : " This evening I was at the Euterpe Society , which has started its winter concerts , and refreshed myself with the Prelude to Tristan und Isolde as well as the Overture to Die Meistersinger . |
| 7 | ‘ That is because these days you are at the top of the ladder and it is other men who are sent to places like this . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ the defendant owed no duty of care to the infant plaintiff she being at the time of the collision en ventre sa mère , not an existing person and merely part of her mother . |
| 9 | Within 4 years they were at the height of their achievements . |
| 10 | In Calcutta , Mike Gatting batted for six hours in his two innings , while in Madras he was at the crease for only 66 minutes and 21 runs . |
| 11 | In the early months of 1830 he broadened his vision with the establishment of the National Association of United Trades for the Protection of Labour ( NAPL ) and during the next four years he was at the centre of the many radical and union initiatives that were such a notable feature of the period . |
| 12 | ‘ Only the other day I was at the vicarage , seeing Mrs Ainger about my stall at the bazaar-I 'm doing the fancy work this year , you know — and there was pussy , bold as brass , if you please , walking into the lounge as if she owned it . ’ |
| 13 | All Friday , Saturday and Sunday we were at the house , and he was shooting cocaine all the time — shooting it . ’ |
| 14 | I killed my cat with a fucking spade We are at the scene of the crime Mr what did you see ? |
| 15 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 16 | I remember one day we were at the studio doing The Long Duel and we obviously were n't going to work . |
| 17 | During the day he was at the power station and at weekends , reversing the normal peregrination , he was at his London flat , frequently staying there for Part of the week if he had a meeting in town . |
| 18 | One minute he was at the table and the next he was threading his way between the dancers , leaving Geoffrey asleep with his cheek resting on a bread roll , bits of tinsel glittering in his hair . |
| 19 | As Charles Wolf points out there had been mounting Congressional criticism of the Administration 's alleged neglect of Asia and although the strength of Republican feeling had been resisted in the matter of China it was at the cost of a critical concession in Southeast Asia generally — Vietnam in particular — which accorded , nevertheless , with the sentiments and announced global purposes of US policy : to resist communism , to encourage free peoples throughout the world , and to strengthen democratic nations against aggression . |
| 20 | Prior to Hoylake he was at the church of St Helen Witton at Northwich . |
| 21 | The first week I was at the school , I attempted to climb a tree , and was reproved by a horrified prefect . |
| 22 | But you said he was at the bottom of the stairs I was at the top and you were in his office |
| 23 | Erm they were at the start they were at the finish and both days in between . |
| 24 | At forty-five years of age he was at the height of his powers , determined to drive out the Almoravids and bring about a united Spain . |
| 25 | The rest of the week he was at the printing works . |
| 26 | Now my Lord it 's at the beginning of October things start to go wrong in erm and as it is pleaded on the first of October er , the plaintiffs were told the , in correspondence from the bank , that the financial terms that the finances that had been approved in principal , were only going to be available if security was offered in respect of a number of properties . |
| 27 | As soon as the goods are delivered to the Buyer in accordance with this contract they are at the Buyer 's risk . |
| 28 | 8(2) As soon as the goods are delivered to the Buyer in accordance with this contract they are at the Buyer 's risk . |
| 29 | I explained before how on edge I am at the moment . |
| 30 | He signalled to Yuan , and with the change in gravity he was at the entrance with his belt slung over one shoulder before Alexei started to cross the floor . |