Example sentences of "to be at the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I was supposed to be at the beck and call of not only my husband but even his parents , his going around with other women was just taken for granted . |
| 2 | They tend to be at the top and then there 's sort of little bits and pieces go at the bottom . |
| 3 | By the time the train has reached them , it has already slowed to a crawl allowing a team of five officers to be at the trackside before the offenders know what has happened . |
| 4 | By the time the train has reached them , it has already slowed to a crawl allowing a team of five officers to be at the trackside before the offenders know what has happened . |
| 5 | Most of the call-outs we deal with tend to be at the weekend and at the end of the day when people are tired . |
| 6 | The car would of slowly slowed down to be at the speed that the engine |
| 7 | James intended one day to be equally celebrated , and as a dresser he was privileged to be at the bedside while the physician examined a patient . |
| 8 | Mrs Strange used to be at the piano when Seven Towers sang and now that she is stepping up to the rostrum , Kathryn , daughter of bass singer and choir secretary Jack Clarke , is replacing her . |
| 9 | Of the 35,000 who have been accepted , about 26,000 are expected to be at the start and these will include one of Britain 's most famous athletes , David Bedford , who has slimmed down for his first big race since he retired 11 years ago . |
| 10 | LADY JONES : And I beg to be at the wedding and at the ball afterwards . |
| 11 | Now it happens that everyone 's instinctive belief that the best site is at the ‘ centre of gravity ’ of the sources and markets is incorrect in this problem — the best site tends to be at the source or at a dominant market in many cases : this point failed totally to emerge . |
| 12 | Not all efforts to improve prison conditions are futile , but any success is likely to be at the margins and will depend upon full regard being given to the capacity and population side of the reform equation . |