Example sentences of "[pers pn] be at [adj] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was at that time calling on and off at Faber 's , sometimes seeing Eliot and sometimes missing him . |
| 2 | His secretary , Shirley , smirks from behind her desk , self-righteous at being at her post before the boss , even though she is at this moment inspecting her face in a compact mirror . |
| 3 | Every human being makes an imprint on their surroundings because we are at all times radiating energy which is soaked up and stored by items around us . |
| 4 | They were at this time boycotting the Security Council in protest at the UN refusal to replace Taiwan by Communist China ; hence there was no Soviet veto on sending UN forces to support South Korea . |
| 5 | Both young men then glanced at each other , clamming up in some embarrassment as they recalled that the fortune they were at this moment vying for had been lost by Benedict Beckenham , for the story of the will was naturally common knowledge among his intimates . |
| 6 | It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master . |
| 7 | It 's at this point nearing the end of my open study I 've realised a connection between the four characters I have just compared . |
| 8 | He was at that time receiving £210 , together with £20 for coal , £10 for cleaning , and £10 for gardening . |