Example sentences of "be at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if people object when you tell them afterwards , you 're at liberty to erase and , so |
| 2 | Well why ca n't you walk down to the Co-op tomorrow when you 're at dancing and get one yourself . |
| 3 | So , for example if somebody does reject a young man in a way that erm is n't appropriate in his eyes , he might then go around and start calling her all sorts of names and generally making other men think of her in bad way , and of course no eighteen year old woman wants young men to think badly of her , and so she puts pressure on herself not to reject advances too openly or too obviously or something like that , and the whole cycle starts again , and so and I think this is the sort of thing the college just can not have anything to do with , because that really is going too far , that 's interfering with the the one thing we could do , perhaps , is talk to the young women and make it clear that they do have the right to reject advances and that what they 've got to be concerned about whilst they 're at university is they 're academic career and making sure that that is n't affected by harassment . |
| 4 | Then they said , you 're at art college , you must be able to draw , you could do a drawing of the gentleman in question you claim you bought the guitar from . |
| 5 | I understand you 're at art school . ’ |
| 6 | It 's a good job we 're at church |
| 7 | It is now my opinion that the main things to remember if you 're going back to work after having a baby are that as long as you find someone you 're happy with to look after your baby while you 're at work , you 'll be happy and so will your baby , and that you will be able to do the job when you go back , even if the thought of it scares you to death in the months leading up to your return . |
| 8 | Seventy-two per cent of the men in our sample say they fantasize about someone they have n't slept with , and 32% of them find their thoughts turning to sex when they 're at work . |
| 9 | Thirty-five per cent of men , feel most masculine when they 're at work , especially richer men , those enjoying the most sexual activity and those who regularly cheat on their partners . |
| 10 | Yeah but if they 're if they 're , if they 're at work during that period of time |
| 11 | ‘ Well , ’ said Ken , ‘ do n't expect me to look after Apricot while you 're at work . |
| 12 | On the twenty seven part-time stations where the people are not on the station , they 're at home , they 're at work or elsewhere , each one carries a little alerter with them , erm tiny little gadget in his pocket , and by means of this erm radio communication I was talking about earlier , by pressing the right button for the appropriate station , er er it triggers off these alerters and the men respond to that call , come to the fire station , where the telephone is live waiting for them and the message is passed on that way . |
| 13 | They 're at work |
| 14 | You 're at work |
| 15 | you 're at work already . |
| 16 | Well if you 're at work |
| 17 | If you 're at work Dorothy could go If I help , I 'll help with Trevor with his triplets . |
| 18 | No they 're at work all day |
| 19 | Well we 're , well when we 're at work I 'm not quite so bad |
| 20 | No but when you 're at work Madge , er , bricklaying and er filing your hands are rough now they 're like |
| 21 | Of course I 'm not because you 're at work |
| 22 | Well he has n't given me them , they 're at work . |
| 23 | Cos I mean that 's something because they 're at work they build up with |
| 24 | but then you , then , it 's that , it 's , when you 're at work experience it 's then when you really find out what it 's like |
| 25 | So married woman 's like if their husband left them and they 're at work well how do they , how are they covered ? |
| 26 | While you 're at school , my girl ? |
| 27 | Such banding was called by boxer Brian Johnson ‘ automatic ’ and it starts ‘ when you 're at school , because it happens there . |
| 28 | to do it , and it starts a lot earlier , it starts when you 're at school and the fact that that women are told that you can do , like home economics an , and sewing and all that , and then they 're not encouraged to go into engineering courses . |
| 29 | Okay So they 're at school ? |
| 30 | if you can get them going while they 're at school |