Example sentences of "[pers pn] be at [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm at your entire service , ma'am , ’ he said , eager now to know what she had in mind . |
| 2 | I was at his recent garden party and I have actually shaken his hand . |
| 3 | Then I was at my own ship , dismounting from the floater — and abruptly halting . |
| 4 | Women wept as Barry Ryan , in a moving tribute to his twin , said : ‘ You were at my first breath and I felt your last breath , we should smile at such perfect symmetry . ’ |
| 5 | She was spending more and more time out — presumably she was at her other place . |
| 6 | About three in the morning was the worst time of all , when we were at our lowest ebb . |
| 7 | They are at their best firing from a static position , as their weapons are cumbersome and time consuming to load and shoot . |
| 8 | The old adage that the Irish are at their most dangerous when they are at their lowest ebb has been consigned to the dustbin as a forgotten tradition . |
| 9 | There were over 5,000 in the Volunteers when they were at their greatest strength and although future years were to see Glasgow regiments of men who fought and died in many lands , the old Volunteers who fought a dog and lost , were soldiers too . |
| 10 | But it 's at your own risk . |
| 11 | You can use it , but it 's at your own risk , alright ? |
| 12 | It is they , after all , who have always been the symbols of their culture and traditionally it is at their slightest touch that the delicate flower of Izzat can shrivel . |
| 13 | Well I think he 's at my other school before common entrance I had this teacher for two years got forty percent and that 's . |
| 14 | A spokesperson for Cope told NME : ‘ It 's ironic that he should be released ( from his contract ) at a time when he 's at his creative peak and his work is more popular than ever . |
| 15 | It was at his elegant home in Belgravia that influential Tory conspirators decided her position as Prime Minister was no longer tenable . |
| 16 | Although Jack played a handful of games for the Palace towards the end of the 1918–19 wartime competition , his first proper competitive game for us was in the opening fixture of the 1919–20 Southern League season on 30 August against Northampton Town ( 2–2 ) and it was at his old home ground , The Nest . |
| 17 | Harry Pascoe heard the laughter following this remark and was in little doubt that it was at his own expense . |
| 18 | Only a week ago he was at his usual commentary position for Capital Radio when England took on San Marino in a qualifying match for the next World Cup . |
| 19 | A gifted public speaker , he was at his best reading aloud his own work and delivering stylish penetrating eisteddfodic adjudications in his memorably sonorous voice . |
| 20 | God knows , he could n't be any worse at that than he was at his last job … |