Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not always at the village , ’ said Allen , ‘ sometimes I go east to Lincoln , or south to Peterborough , I have been as far as Lynn . |
| 2 | The fact remains , however , that the poor are not simply at the bottom of the stratification hierarchy , but are almost , in a sense , outside the margins of that hierarchy . |
| 3 | ‘ This is a beautiful day at the end of a long way , but we are not yet at the end of that way , a whole lot remains to be done , ’ Mr Brandt said . |
| 4 | ( You are not just at the interview to see if you suit the company but to see if the job genuinely suits you ) |
| 5 | In this country we can count our blessings that our children are not constantly at the mercy of these diseases . |
| 6 | You are n't simply at the mercy of restaurateurs . |
| 7 | So , if you are n't even at the word processing stage yet it may well be better to get this technology in place first before you try to tackle the wider issues of electronic publishing . |
| 8 | The children were not even at the back of the house away from the road . |
| 9 | In January 1642 , Charles I foolishly entered the House of Commons seeking to arrest five leading Members of Parliament ( who were not there at the time ) and he received a magnificent rebuke from the Speaker of the House . |
| 10 | So what we would have been I mean it were n't just at the bottom of the street . |
| 11 | ‘ I beg your pardon , sir , Williams is not here at the moment . |
| 12 | The reader with a love of art is not always at the front of a publisher 's attention . |
| 13 | Child care manager Lucy Wheatley said : ‘ It is not usually at the time of the miscarriage that the woman suffers but several months later . ’ |
| 14 | Child care manager Lucy Wheatley said : ‘ It is not usually at the time of the miscarriage that the woman suffers but several months later . |
| 15 | As the Chief Secretary takes refuge in international comparisons , especially with the other countries of the Group of Seven , will he explain why the United Kingdom is not only at the bottom of the investment league of the G7 , but at the bottom of the investment league of leading European nations ? |
| 16 | But it is not only at the recruitment stage that age ranges can be unlawful discrimination . |
| 17 | ( e ) Insurance A property is not now at the risk of a buyer until completion has taken place . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's … er … he 's not here at the moment , but I know about the business . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Still , he 's not here at the moment . ’ |
| 20 | He 's not here at the moment |
| 21 | My hand 's not really at the back . |
| 22 | She wanted to put the phone down and pretend it was n't happening but the noises came back and a different voice said , ‘ Sergeant MacDonald is n't here at the moment . |
| 23 | I mean I just find it annoying cos you get through to somebody who then passes you on to somebody else and then they 'll talk to you and say well the person you want to talk to is n't here at the moment so you 've had all this phone call and then you 've got to ring again . |
| 24 | No , no , I 'm afraid Dr Grant is n't here at the moment , but I have Dr Blake with me . |
| 25 | Defence is n't always at the top of the political agenda and in periods of long time peace as we have now enjoyed , people tend to forget the dangers are still genuine and still there . |
| 26 | Her daughter drives out from Bamford once a week but around this time of year she goes to stay with some other relative , I 'm not sure where , so I dare say she is n't there at the moment and you have n't got any immediate neighbours resident . |
| 27 | There 's a lot of things we 're not doing is n't there at the moment ? |
| 28 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way , particularly because I was not here at the beginning of his speech . |
| 29 | I know that the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) was not here at the time , and he will not be with us much longer , but many Members who are present tonight were here then . |
| 30 | At the end there is something which was not there at the beginning . |