Example sentences of "i [be] [vb pp] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.

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1 I am cut off at the waist for ever .
2 ‘ Can I be dropped off at the airport ? ’ she was glad to ask as the signs came up .
3 I 'm tied up at the hospital the weekend after . ’
4 I 'm tied up at the hospital for a while each day , but we could be together most of the time .
5 Look , sergeant , when I 'm driving a four-wheeler , I 'm perched up at the front .
6 She explained : ‘ I was called in at the last minute to help style a photographic session for Kylie about 18 months ago and it went from there .
7 Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ?
8 Well I was thrown in at the deep end Different persons came in maybe if we had a job in a hurry and they would say , Oh you 're on at such and such a time at this .
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