Example sentences of "be [verb] [to-vb] [pron] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're going to get something at Nick 's . |
| 3 | The cool thing would be , during the three-day end of year exams , when you 're allowed to do them at home , to be seen drinking the Students ’ Union or in a pub around here , being terribly laid back while everyone else was hunched over their desks in their rooms . ’ |
| 4 | The children are going to have them at home anyway , so if the teachers deny themselves this extra resource , and deny themselves the experience which the children can bring , I think they 're cutting themselves off from a tremendous source of encouragement and motivation . |
| 5 | Even Barcelona would be pushed to meet it at present . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to see her at lunch time . ’ |
| 7 | Well , so I 'm going to meet him at Temple Meads and we 're going to set off to the Marquis family abode . |
| 8 | Well I hope so anyway because I 'm not going to play erm international football at left back , I 'm going to play it at centre half , so hopefully erm Terry scouts will be watching me . |
| 9 | I 'd been hoping my daughter would be brought to see me at Holloway and was frightened of her turning up and finding me not there . |
| 10 | They have never been accepted as an equal ‘ nation ’ within Yugoslavia ; they have difficulty in obtaining recognition for their language ( except in Kosovo , where however there is now a threat that in future the official language will be Serbocroatian , and that all Albanian children will be forced to learn it at school ) ; and they consider that Serbs , in particular , regard them as inferiors and potential enemies . |
| 11 | Mr Bush 's men are trying to establish the administration 's authority : they want to be able to decide freely where the money goes and in what form ; and they want to be allowed to shift it at will from one country , and one programme , to another . |
| 12 | this is what I 'm trying to tell everybody at school , you should n't be thinking oh , how 's it gon na effect me , what I 'll do if |
| 13 | A spiral perm can cost over £100 but do n't be tempted to try it at home to save money . |
| 14 | Pointy-Beard simply said that Sunil wanted to see me when he 'd finished eating and we were going to meet him at Shazam 's and did I know it . |
| 15 | Many in the art world believe these hardships have already sent the society over the edge and that opportunists are poised to loot it at discount prices . |
| 16 | No member of staff is required to place themselves at risk in handling money or valuables in the course of duty or more particularly when confronting a potentially aggressive or violent situation . |
| 17 | The biggest battle for the Macintyre expedition has been finding the funds … the trip is costing seventy to eighty thousand pounds and they 've still not raised all the money … but the charity 's patron the Duchess of York is planning to join them at Everest Base camp … that ’ ll wave the magic wand … will they make it |
| 18 | Sun was expected to display it at PC Expo this summer but Snoopy has never been seen except behind closed doors . |
| 19 | However , there was concern for the two survivors aboard the lifeboat , who were severely seasick , and an attempt was made to land them at St Abbs . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , hopefully , it 'll all be sorted out by now ; Jennifer was going to explain everything at home . ’ |
| 21 | She turned now and looked at her mother , adding , ‘ He … he was coming to see you at Christmas . ’ |
| 22 | Would I do the job this way if I was asked to do it at work ? |
| 23 | Ramsey was asked to meet him at dinner in Magdalene before the meeting and to second the vote of thanks in the Guildhall . |
| 24 | He maintained that Philip was trying to keep him at war in Scotland ‘ so that he might not pursue his rights elsewhere ’ . |
| 25 | So here Belinda was , with that naked feeling she always got when she looked at her wet hair and towel-draped neck under the bright lights of a salon , and she very much hoped that Faye was right about the end result looking ‘ fabulous ’ , because she was determined to show everyone at drinks this evening that she was just as soignée , just as at ease in a smart social gathering as they were . |
| 26 | What was required to hold him at bay was constant vigilance . |