Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] be at [art] [noun sg] " 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 | On the other hand , on one of my visits I was at a meeting when I heard some commotion outside and asked what it was . |
| 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 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Within 4 years they were at the height of their achievements . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | All Friday , Saturday and Sunday we were at the house , and he was shooting cocaine all the time — shooting it . ’ |
| 13 | I killed my cat with a fucking spade We are at the scene of the crime Mr what did you see ? |
| 14 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 15 | I remember one day we were at the studio doing The Long Duel and we obviously were n't going to work . |
| 16 | Okay , but I just wanted to go on to say that I think in reviewing how the budget may be brought more closely under control in the coming year , officers will need to look at the erm size of the committees because we are working with committees at the moment that are larger than those committees which used to exist when this year 's budget was set and that has had some impact and we need to have the implications of any change of committee size whether that might affect the budget , how that would affect the budget , also whether there is any potential for reducing the number of committees further and also whether the rates might be changed , I particularly would like officers to report on what , whether there would be any significant saving from er setting the rates at the round figures they were at a couple of years ago erm |
| 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 | There usually is a , a , a , vacant houses but at the minute it 's at a standstill . |
| 21 | the yarn on the front of the work is horizontal and on the back it is at an angle . |
| 22 | Prior to Hoylake he was at the church of St Helen Witton at Northwich . |
| 23 | The first week I was at the school , I attempted to climb a tree , and was reproved by a horrified prefect . |
| 24 | This August I was at a festival of this unique style of singing . |
| 25 | But you said he was at the bottom of the stairs I was at the top and you were in his office |
| 26 | Erm they were at the start they were at the finish and both days in between . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The rest of the week he was at the printing works . |
| 29 | When the accident happened at Chernobyl he was at a party meeting in Moscow . |
| 30 | 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 . |