Example sentences of "[conj] i [be] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I 've just , but all the years that I was at the home every day I would say hello Flo , hello Elsie how are you ? |
| 2 | When I bought my first company and began to build up the business , I had to live in the city , so that I was at the centre of things . |
| 3 | I am not sure whether I am more appalled at the prospect of the Labour party being in government than I am at the prospect of having the support of the hon. Member for Eastbourne ( Mr. Bellotti ) and the Liberal party . |
| 4 | ‘ Then I 'll need to work at it even harder than I am at the moment . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Shall we say that I 'm less uncertain than I was at the beginning . ’ |
| 6 | At the end of this fourth volume , I am still not certain whether I have been reading about a great man , any more than I was at the end of the third volume , or the second , or the first . |
| 7 | The wallpaper in the house is black from condensation and I am at the end of my tether . ’ |
| 8 | We stayed in a cottage on the cliffs , overlooking the harbour , and within moments of arrival , my brother Ian and I were at the end of the pier , fishing . |
| 9 | and I was at the bottom |
| 10 | I wonder if I am at the right do and half-expect two boxers to make an appearance . |
| 11 | The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre . |
| 12 | I felt as if I was at the end of a long tunnel where someone was kicking my legs . |
| 13 | My eyes then focus directly between the top of the windscreen and the roof , and if I 'm at the front at traffic lights , I feel like Ayrton Senna would if you blindfolded him and put him on pole position . |
| 14 | I feel as if I 'm at the earth 's heart . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , it 's true that one is n't always sure that life can continue under its present auspices , but I am at the moment , ’ he said , ‘ and especially today . |
| 16 | ‘ I have n't got many wits , but I 'm at the end of them . |
| 17 | I 've brought him , I 've brought him at half five , because I was at the bus stop , leaning on the lamp-post and it was about twenty five past , and then he did n't come along to the next stop by and it got to twenty five |
| 18 | I could just hear because I was at the front of the class . |
| 19 | All I knew was that one afternoon while I was at the office in London someone poured petrol through my letter-box at Seaview , along with a note warning me that if I did n't get out of G.W. Fashions there would be other similarly unpleasant incidents to look forward to , and that next time the petrol would be accompanied by a lighted rag . ’ |
| 20 | It happened , however , that while I was at the College I had been approached by the Bristol University Board of Extra-Mural Studies , where a post was for the moment vacant organizing adult education work chiefly in Wiltshire . |
| 21 | It is , however , many years since I was at the Department of Transport , so I shall concentrate on education this evening . |
| 22 | ‘ Well — when I was at the camp on Saturday night , we were talking about dreams . ’ |
| 23 | But I can remember once when I was at the school Mrs was our music teacher and we were to go from doh to far , you know doh to far , and they used to s , she used to say listen to Mabel , Mabel 's the only one one of you that can go from doh to far . |
| 24 | When I was at the centre , they do n't encourage you to stop smoking , stop drinking coffee , or lose weight . |
| 25 | When I was at the Post Office . |
| 26 | I have always been particularly grateful to Fred for this generous and helpful boost when I was at the crossroads . |
| 27 | When I was at the Transport Department , my aim was a good rail service for the public and as efficient a service as possible . |
| 28 | When I was at the garage getting the petrol I give them , signed the cheque and they put the cheque through the cheque machine printing it out and that and er they 've got a free offer at the moment . |
| 29 | I am sure you are as appalled as I am at the use that has been made of the private letter of a schoolboy to his parents , but it is certainly a lesson for you in the ways of the world . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Most important is to have the physical and mental strength to be as successful at the end of this season as I was at the beginning of 1990 . |