Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember that luncheon with Basil absolutely perfectly , and that I 'd been at the National Gallery or the Tate , and I had a postcard with me of one of those primitive paintings , naïve paintings , of a cricket match they still have postcards of it . |
| 2 | Even if I had n't won a medal nor got enough promotion , I had been at the sharp end . |
| 3 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
| 4 | A number of issues are raised in the paper , but one of the companies which has been at the receiving end and has been canvassed for views , says : ‘ Part of the document looks as if it has been drafted by British Gas . ’ |
| 5 | This reflection went far to set up Harry again in his own esteem , for it meant that Isambard had been sure of his victim 's obstinate silence even under torture ; more sure of it , if the truth were told , than Harry himself had been at the worst moment . |
| 6 | This is then rotated and scaled , making the ‘ ball ’ appear to bounce in the out of the screen ( Sounds like you 've been at the loony juice again to me — Ed ) . |
| 7 | But he gets the best : the person who provides the real thing ( a contribution to profitability ) , the person who 's been at the sharp end and actually cut a profit from the edge . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , and the reason we 've got no morals is that for a long time ( 150 years ) we 've been at a loose end . ' |
| 9 | Delegates are still addressed as brother , sister , or comrade , but this year there are electronic signs in the hall giving the speaker 's name — as there have been at the Conservative conference for quite a while . |
| 10 | He was three years older than Adam and though they had been at the same school , Highgate , they had not been friends then . |
| 11 | For nominal Christians it is perhaps only the third time they have been at a religious service ; the other two being their baptism and marriage . |
| 12 | We had originally intended to freeze our budget at precisely the level that it has been at the last two years for a variety of reasons we have decided that it is sensible to actually bring it down yet further . |
| 13 | He 'd been at the wrong end when a small company went bust in the city . |
| 14 | He had achieved his aim of recreating the days of his ancestors , at least in part , but it had been at a great cost . |
| 15 | The torrent here was almost as fearsome as it had been at the original crossing point , but not so deep . |