Example sentences of "be at the 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 | The yellow steps rose in steep flights but now it was clear that when she reached the top she would also be at the bottom , starting out . |
| 12 | On a Saturday night , there used to be at the bottom of Scotland Road — Byrom Street — all the Irishmen . |
| 13 | To deliver water from these depths the pumping machine has to be at the bottom of the well . |
| 14 | ‘ I genuinely did n't expect the team to be at the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 15 | The peasant might be at the bottom of the pile , but he still had rights to own or work common land and thus the certainty of providing some food for the survival of himself and his family . |
| 16 | A rather tasty crustacean seems to be at the bottom of turmoil in two geographically distant areas of the world . |
| 17 | It says that it will be patchy and hesitant and that , even then , Britain will be at the bottom of the growth , investment and employment leagues for the fourth year in succession under a Tory Government . |
| 18 | ‘ My reasons for so soon destroying my drawings were these ; though I dare say that they do n't appear so rational to any one but myself : I was obliged to limit the work — in order to get more subscribers — & to erase the drawings — because the expense is considerable for keeping them on , & I have pretty great difficulty in paying my monthly charges , — for to pay colourer & printer monthly I am obstinately pre-possessed — since I had rather be at the bottom of the River Thames — than be one week in debt — be it never so small . |
| 19 | For an endothermic reaction , the datum line would be at the bottom . |
| 20 | because then that 'll be at the bottom wo n't it ? |
| 21 | Being at the bottom , they feel their contribution often goes unrecognized , at least by the authorities . |
| 22 | In the unholy trinity of class , culture and colour , it is the Muslim community that suffers most — being at the bottom of the economic heap , widely perceived as the fanatical enemy within , and , of course , not white . |
| 23 | The two of them were at the bottom of Heymouth Brae where official transport was ferrying people up and down , and to and from the railway station . |
| 24 | They were at the bottom of the hill . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In short women were at the bottom of the hierarchy of oppression with no rights of any kind . |
| 27 | But the rapid sequence of the events which follow proves that Athens ' morale remained buoyant even though 250 of her ships were at the bottom of the Nile Delta . |
| 28 | It was seen that the traditional system , in which the patients were at the bottom of a communication and status hierarchy and were denied autonomy or participation in the running of the institution , exacerbated the problems many patients had , or produced the characteristic ‘ institutionalization ’ which was to be deplored . |
| 29 | ‘ But all I needed to do was look at the support I got from the club and the fans when we were at the bottom last season . |
| 30 | ‘ Coming in as an outsider probably helped as a bit of a catalyst but really it was the fact that we were at the bottom of the underwriting cycle and everyone was looking to improve results and build up market share . ’ |