Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [be] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonight he 's at a hospice in Oxford . |
| 2 | I hesitate to write such a critical letter , but frankly I am at a loss to see how your new design can in any way be seen as an improvement . |
| 3 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 4 | Now I was at a wedding a little while back and all they were asking me was are you gon na be the next one ? |
| 5 | Quite a few years ago now I was at a Family Service on an Advent Sunday , and the young curate began his talk with a question addressed to the children . |
| 6 | Ironically enough , on recovery her parents were gentler with her and began gradually to compromise to a certain extent , and now she is at a college of further education . |
| 7 | Now it is at a crossroads . |
| 8 | So now he was at a disadvantage , which angered him , and he lost sight of the gratitude he usually summoned up for the stepfather who had spent much of his life obliging his adopted son 's ambition for parents with a big house and a dashing car . |
| 9 | Before going he had told us that firstly , all his carp had been caught on sweetcorn and bread and although fishing with boilies on one rod all week he had been able to get a take , in his words they just did not seem to eat them ; secondly , although there were plenty of carp on the surface they did not seem the least bit interested in floaters , and thirdly he was at a loss to know what one needed to do to put a cat on the bank . |
| 10 | Aphids , even I am at a loss for something funny to say about them . |
| 11 | Well we were at a venture park on er Sunday and I reckon I probably did something on one of the rides without realizing it . |
| 12 | But a few years ago we were at a session in a pub one night erm playing music and er there was about twenty of us and about two o'clock in the morning the police raided it and we all had our names taken and we were all up in court and we were all fined I think three pound for being er drinking after hours and Tony was drinking a cup of coffee . |
| 13 | Er , if the person er is sitting watching the television and er has been awake for several hours then we are at a disadvantage . |
| 14 | And then they 're at a disadvantage when they have to deal with real life problems . ’ |
| 15 | While the seller is there he is at an advantage over the competition ; thus part of the salesperson 's job is to try to close the sale . |
| 16 | And there he was at a car boot sale , it was like |
| 17 | " Actually I 'm at a Business College , " he said . |