Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] be at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1980 I was at the Cleveland debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter . |
| 2 | The list shows how easy it was at the time ( 1860 ) to raise money for a line intended to run from Craven Arms to Montgomery , and what a number of persons , sufficiently well-disposed to the district to advance such large sums would be deprived of all chance of recouping themselves by completing the line , if the policy of closing it was adopted . |
| 3 | right I 'm pleased pleased to introduce to us , er , er against all these difficulties and the nearer you are at the front the better , there 's all stuff here look |
| 4 | Ten-thirty to three she 's at The World Turned Inside Out , daring the clientele to muck up her clean floor . |
| 5 | AT 1.15 I call the AA to ask can I borrow a patrolman for the afternoon , and at 1.45 he 's at the door with sewn-in trouser creases and a shiny van , packed tight as an egg with tools and spares . |
| 6 | By 1252 he was at the height of his power and high in royal esteem . |
| 7 | In January 1283 he was at the siege of the castle of Dolwyddelan , whose nodal position made its capture crucial to the English conquest of Snowdonia . |
| 8 | First of all , you 'll find how helpful we are at the planning stage . |
| 9 | That 's all they are at the minute cards ! |
| 10 | We are going to a tribunal on Tuesday to buy a keeper with a lot of potential — but that 's all he is at the moment , a lot of potential . ’ |
| 11 | For the first ten years of its existence AEA drove forward all aspect of nuclear power in the UK , and when the Windscale AGR was started up in 1962 it was at the forefront of reactor design . |
| 12 | In the nineteen eighties it was at the centre of controvery , for putting patients into an area condemned as a human zoo . |
| 13 | Look at bar ten it 's at the end of that statement un peu movemente mais tres peu You 'll see you 've got the note heads given . |
| 14 | Firstly , I must pay re tr tribute and say how proud we are at the way that our people in Tyneside have responded to the crisis . |
| 15 | His most endearing was how loving he was at the start . |
| 16 | It shows how really fragile he is at the moment , I suppose . |
| 17 | From 1870 to 1880 he was at the office of the architect Thomas Henry Wyatt [ q.v. ] , and later went into partnership with the latter 's son Matthew . |
| 18 | ‘ But by 1989 I was at the crossroads , ’ he says . |
| 19 | All the other reindeers were whispering away , saying how astonished they were at the thought of Randolph helping the team . |
| 20 | Well they 're appearing at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham tonight in concert , and then a week on Friday , November the twelfth they 're at the Ritz at Lincoln so welcome back . |
| 21 | Next he was at the Lenin School in Moscow , 1933 — 6 . |
| 22 | Although this was later found to be correct , there was no way of telling how true it was at the time . |