Example sentences of "[pers pn] be at [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company as a whole employs 3,800 people , but only 22 of them are at corporate headquarters in Boston . |
| 2 | I was at that time in Jesus Christ , Superstar . |
| 3 | I know how good you were because I was at that stage in maths where I felt rudderless and becalmed , drifting helplessly as it were , as my peer group — the rest of the fleet — sailed serenely on towards the horizon . |
| 4 | Before losing out to Northampton who were bullies , I was at that match at Buckingham Road and I thought they were bullies , especially Bobby Barnes , not the wrestler , used to play for West Ham , but he plays for Northampton now , he 's gone now , but they were , they , they were naughty . |
| 5 | There you are at one end of the rope with a bell at the other — and when you pull you 're not sure what is going to happen . |
| 6 | er they say , and if then they 've made a mistake you have done what you are told , I mean if you take a big ladder and it 's only a wee fire , a small car bump and then there is a big fire later on , somewhere else and they have n't got their , the right appliances because you 're at that place with the wrong stuff , then that would cause problems would n't it ? |
| 7 | So there are plenty of ways of disposing of little amounts Every bit you dispose of from your capital every hundred pounds saves forty pounds in tax , if you 're at that sort of level . |
| 8 | ‘ You were at that factory by nine o'clock , were n't you ? |
| 9 | It 's common knowledge that you were at that dinner with me . |
| 10 | He always swore that when he was going over the Baloch that 's the the road between Glen Ayloch and Kil and Glen Shee , he said i if you were at certain hour of the night he said as sure as anything there was a man on horseback pass you with this horse . |
| 11 | She was at senior school by this time , of course , and the senior mistress sent for her , sat her down and began to question her kindly about conditions at home . |
| 12 | We 're at one millionth of a degree above absolute zero . |
| 13 | We 're at different stages in our lives , but I would love to try and get back on track to where we were playing really good matches . ’ |
| 14 | Well although it was so near , it was really a mining district and ninety percent of the boys We were at separate schools by the way , the ground floors were boys , from the age of seven upwards , till fourteen . |
| 15 | We were At that time of day the minima the minimum wage was fourteen shillings a day . |
| 16 | Many patients with substantial deformities remain asymptomatic , but they are at increased risk of neurological damage with the passage of time . |
| 17 | I suppose it would bore you to come and see my poor children , but they do need amusing , they are at that stage of convalescing when nothing is entertaining for very long and Mamma is certainly not entertaining at all , so a pretty thing like you would be a breath of fresh air . |
| 18 | When the snake 's mouth is shut they lie flat , but when the jaws are opened wide to strike , the two upper teeth that supply the venom are pivoted down through about go degrees , so that they are at right angles to the top of the head . |
| 19 | Lie flat , bend the knees then straighten the legs upwards so that they are at right angles to your body . |
| 20 | Basically there are two academics in this country who consider themselves the countries expert in the singular on Corpus building and they are at different ends of the spectrum . |
| 21 | However , interventions with other agencies and community development may be as relevant at this stage as they are at earlier levels of intervention . |
| 22 | ONLY a few days after the fourth Conservative victory in a row , it is slightly depressing to read that health authorities have allocated millions and millions of extra pounds to a campaign to persuade family practitioners to hand out free condoms to their patients , whether or not they are at high risk of contracting the new American disease . |
| 23 | Clasp fingers behind your back and lean forwards , pushing your arms up until they 're at right angles to your back . |
| 24 | ‘ Famous research on American longshoremen , who worked 14 hours a day loading ships , and who smoked and drank as well as sweating their guts out , showed they were at low risk from cardiac problems and that severe exercise can protect against heart disease . |
| 25 | Most companies said they used the results as research , although a few said they advised workers that they were at higher risk in certain jobs than others . |
| 26 | They were at that stage of going out that was n't yet a Relationship . |
| 27 | I think from my reflection , they did say they were at some stage in the future , they 've not ruled it out . |
| 28 | It seems probable that elderly people as a whole have more secure incomes and are less marginalized as consumers today than they were at earlier times in this century . |
| 29 | ‘ Whoever can it be at this time of night ? ’ asked Elizabeth . |
| 30 | Whoever could it be at this time of night ? |