Example sentences of "be [verb] at [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | I 'll tell you what it is — it 's only bogland and I should know for I 've been lookin' at them fields for years . ’ |
2 | I 've been staying at her place for some weeks now , in order to help her maintain the tight control on her blood sugar that 's so vital , especially in the first three months , but that 's becoming impractical . |
3 | In this welcoming speech Mr M A Prouten , executive chairman of Brooke Marine , recalled that Searcher was not the first ship to be built at his yard for the Customs Department . |
4 | But there remained the problem which had been gnawing at his mind for months as he waited for his enemy to come home : how was he to get into the castle itself ? |
5 | The Spurs twats around us were moaning at their team for playing good football . |
6 | He 's doing a big thesis on the border sites , that 's why he 's working at our place for a year or so . |
7 | It was a standing pose and I had been working at my canvas for a week , my problems were not nearly solved , and the painting still excited me . |