Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] be at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | I 've probably been out playing and you 've probably been at the shops . |
| 3 | Monie , whose side sit at the top of Division One , revealed : ‘ We 've never been at the top so early . |
| 4 | ‘ By 9.30 I would have expected him to have already been at the dinner party , ’ Mr Reenan said . |
| 5 | Where economies in Whitehall have been made , they have usually been at the expense of services or functions . |
| 6 | Mr Parkinson told journalists later : ‘ It has never been at the top of my agenda . |
| 7 | Jake had had no real friends except Ben ; he had often been at the house in those old days , never saying much , but good at mending broken toys and constructing dolls out of handkerchiefs and folded paper . |