Example sentences of "[pron] [be] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am ambitious and feel I am at the right age to go into management . |
| 2 | I 'm at the long ledge below the final wall of the Nose , where the Direct , Superdirect , and other routes not mentioned by Ron James converge . |
| 3 | Er , yes sir my current position er , at the moment I 'm at the licensed house trainee manager for Boddingtons Brewery and I 've held that position for five and half years . |
| 4 | Well I 'm not stupid , I mean I was n't stu , when I was at the junior schools in the country I was n't stupid |
| 5 | I was at the antenatal clinic . |
| 6 | Leeds ' disallowed first half goal , just after the canaries ' one , looked good to me but I was at the other end of the pitch peering through the floodlit rainstorm . |
| 7 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
| 8 | A little later , I stood nervously beside my bag , hoping that I was at the right bus stop for Sligo . |
| 9 | I was at the recent launch of Opportunity 2000 , an excellent initiative by Business in the Community . |
| 10 | I was at the Royal Academy this year , and the portraits there were almost universally vile . |
| 11 | I write to say how appalled I was at the bad manners of BAIE members at the Editing for Industry awards dinner in Torquay . |
| 12 | In 1974 I was at the National Theatre doing Shakespeare with Sir John Gielgud and whenever there was a play it was in repertory form , so another play came on and I had five days off , so I 'd fly to Toronto , have a three day ‘ loon ’ in Canada and then come back . |
| 13 | ‘ I was at the National Theatre doing a play about a flying picket called Line ‘ Em by Nigel Williams . |
| 14 | I was at the top end one , and all the draught come through the door , paralysed me . |
| 15 | ‘ I was at the first-night party of Come Blow Your Horn , ’ said Braden , ‘ and remember being completely fooled by his American accent in the play , so I was very surprised to hear him talking in an English accent afterwards . ’ |
| 16 | I remember when I was at the Open University , the people who were engaged in implementing Open University programmes in the States , who were the deans in charge of the Open University experiments , were all women and all ‘ marginal ’ to the mainline male career people . |
| 17 | I was at the Old Bailey , spent about two weeks there — I had the London detective with me . |
| 18 | I was at the local convent school from twelve to eighteen years old and I was considered clever but ‘ strange ’ . |
| 19 | The problem is to provide students with high-quality stories which are well-constructed and entertaining — and which are at the right level linguistically for their ability . |
| 20 | Their attraction is based on an image which is at the other extreme from the uncertainty and powerlessness which are also part of adolescence . |
| 21 | It is certainly true that they enact an awareness of the efficacy of penance which is at the very foundation of Christian spirituality ; but it also true that part of their potency depends on an understanding of the joy of " brennyng in loue ouur al thynge " when : The meditation on the Passion in Ego Dormio , on the other hand , engages directly with the experience of receiving such a gift . |
| 22 | This pleasure would appear to have been remote from the adult satisfactions mentioned in the previous paragraph and is a manifestation of the ‘ joie de vivre ’ which is at the very heart of the urge for life , which is itself the product of ‘ desire ’ as introduced and discussed in the Second Period . |
| 23 | I saw a white male nearest to us , in in a double bed which was at the other end of the the the bedroom . |
| 24 | As she made her way to the blue and white tiled bathroom which was at the other end of the house , there was another clap of thunder and the lightning flashed again . |
| 25 | Under the leadership of Paolo and Laura Mora , they reconstructed portions of fresco such as the ‘ Seraph ’ , shown in the Mantegna exhibition which was at the Royal Academy in London and which opens in New York this month . |
| 26 | Apart from Classic Illustrated , which was at the top end of the market , a wide range of other comics contained significant amounts of chemistry . |
| 27 | I cycled to his house which was at the bottom end of Debenham and was right next to the River Deben . |
| 28 | Cowslip himself was at the other end of the hall and Hazel realized that he was waiting for him to reply . |
| 29 | Among them is the Cuban outfit Sierra Maestra , who are at the Irish Centre on Saturday , and are responsible for a type of music called ‘ son ’ , described as one of the most crucial dance rhythms of our times . |
| 30 | For example , we believe as a group that we can only survive in our chosen business of the chemical industry if we serve the customers who are at the leading edge of development , wherever they may be . |