Example sentences of "[am/are] at [art] bottom " in BNC.

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1 Suppose they 're at the bottom of the sea now .
2 It 's obviously best that he continues to believe you 're at the bottom of the Danube , or halfway to the Black Sea by now . ’
3 ‘ People say to themselves : ‘ If we 're at the bottom , I 'd better get in now ’ ’ .
4 The last thing you need when you 're at the bottom of the table is to concede an early free kick but today Notts did just that .
5 but er , I do n't I , I obviously gone have a way of doing this , but erm , it 's difficult , if you , if you 're at the bottom of the
6 We 're at the bottom .
7 All we have shown is that ‘ when you 're at the bottom , the only way is up ’ .
8 There we are , we 're at the bottom .
9 West Ham take their chances , Oxford do n't , that 's why they 're at the bottom and teams like Sheffield and West Ham and Oldham are at the top .
10 As soon as I get to sleep , I dream I 'm at the bottom of the sea . ’
11 In fact , the whole hierarchy of the police is very much like a school , and a public school at that , and the reserve men are at the bottom of the line ’ ( FN 7/7/87 , p. 25 ) .
12 They are at the bottom of the heap .
13 The West Indians are at the top and the Asians are at the bottom . ’
14 It becomes graded so that the smallest and smoothest particles are at the bottom and the largest and most angular are at the top .
15 He and his crew , and a lot of radioactive material , are at the bottom of the Baltic . ’
16 The members of the new lower class , of those who are not chosen for the meritocracy , not only are at the bottom but are there because they both deserve to be and know it .
17 But tonics and ‘ restoratives are at the bottom of the pile both in terms of their status as pharmacological entities and in terms of research .
18 Nor are glamorous stiletto shoes safe until you are at the bottom of the stairs ; do not attempt to come down wearing them as the danger is very real — Winston Churchill 's mother lost a leg that way .
19 And in a poll on who gets sexual satisfaction , British females are at the bottom .
20 Organizations like this are not good at remembering the things you have done well and if , as most of us are , you are at the bottom of the pile , you will find that you are considered to be alternately either the best thing since sliced bread , or a liability to the organization .
21 Could I just remind members of the board of the next two meetings which are at the bottom of the er a a agenda and were given to you previously of course .
22 The second is that of structure and organization : the majority of headteachers and heads of department are men , while women are at the bottom of the teaching profession .
23 Patients are at the bottom of the pecking order and have very little say in the running of services .
24 ‘ I 'm afraid your ships are at the bottom of the ocean , cousin .
25 If we are at the bottom of the organisation we may be motivated by the desire to satisfy physiological needs .
26 The villages are at the bottom of the ship .
27 Of course , EGGS are at the bottom of it all .
28 Homeworkers are at the bottom of the pyramid created by strategies of fragmenting and farming-out work , in order to save on labour costs and the payment of statutory benefits , and to avoid the hassle of organized opposition to poor conditions .
29 Lawrence added : ‘ There is pressure when you are at the bottom .
30 Now , we are at the bottom of the league .
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