Example sentences of "[modal v] to [be] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To begin with there must be detailed analyses of small and intermediate-size LOCA 's as well as the large double ended breaks that used to be at the centre of safety analyses and formed the so-called ‘ design basis ’ accident . |
| 2 | We all used to be at the desk — four of us , plus Roy Thomas-Baker and Mike Stone — all six of us with fingers on the faders and sometimes we 'd work thirty-hour mixes ! |
| 3 | You know , once when I was in Wembley like , another thing that I 've noticed that changed in our place at Wembley , like every time I used to go in there , all , well , when I used to be in there , like , all the lads would be in the office with her like talking to her , and laughing and smiling and and she used to be at the desk smiling and everything and now , when I walk in there now it 's only me like on a Saturday , and it 's only her like nobody else is in there with her , she 's al , she always she 's got , I think what 's happened is she got too deep into her work that she 's she just seems to take all her work now and that . |
| 4 | He used to be at the Cathedral at rehearsals and growl if some things were out of tune . |
| 5 | On a Saturday night , there used to be at the bottom of Scotland Road — Byrom Street — all the Irishmen . |
| 6 | And er get and then strip this er at the side , cos a girl used to be at the front to strip all this here lace of these here pins . |
| 7 | Saddest export a convoy of lorries begins the long journey to China and , inset , the furnace as it used to be at the height of production Picture : VIC CLEVELEY |
| 8 | Aye she used to be at the bank |
| 9 | Oh no they were based in the town , at buildings , used to be at the buildings . |
| 10 | Mrs Strange used to be at the piano when Seven Towers sang and now that she is stepping up to the rostrum , Kathryn , daughter of bass singer and choir secretary Jack Clarke , is replacing her . |
| 11 | there 's two files at the end which I thought maybe ought to be at the beginning . |
| 12 | If we believe that words can be ‘ reclaimed ’ , then woman ought to be at the top of the list . |