Example sentences of "[prep] be at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You got ta be at work . |
| 2 | what time you got ta be at work ? |
| 3 | He needs continually to be at work dealing with the shifting population of a modern age , so that people who move house to a new estate shall still find a priest and a sacrament for their souls . |
| 4 | Clearly the existence of this sub-committee indicates many other , unminuted , meetings had taken place , and even the architect and contractor already appear to have been briefed , for they were reported to be at work , although the references in the minutes to their activities are unhelpful in pin-pointing what stage they were at . |
| 5 | Well , the cleaners ought to be at work ; and they might have left the outer door open . |
| 6 | Local issues , including the election of three independent candidates who campaigned against a new road , played a part in the Tories ' loss of Merton , and similar borough-specific factors seemed to be at work in those Labour authorities where the party fared particularly badly . |
| 7 | People — most people , at least — need to be at work . |
| 8 | ‘ I understand you want to pop round and see me , but can you tell me what it 's about as I have to be at work on time ? ’ |
| 9 | Her counsellor had said she was not fit to be at work . |
| 10 | An alternative approach is to seek a better understanding of the developmental processes which seem to be at work by studying young children as they involve themselves in getting to know the language . |
| 11 | Hence staff sample covertly where they can , without gaining access to the discharger 's premises ; or they sample at night or weekends when they are not expected to be at work , and any routine sampling done during the day is never by appointment : |
| 12 | A further force for polarization appears to be at work . |
| 13 | The processes we described for secretarial/office staff in the previous section are thus likely to be at work . |
| 14 | Alright so you tend to be at work . |
| 15 | It seemed faintly sinful not to be at work on a weekday . |
| 16 | A full understanding of poetry requires that both principles are seen to be at work , for to analyze the laws of poetry without taking account of those of ordinary language would be to overlook the specifically verbal nature of poetry and to transform it from the domain of language to that of music . |
| 17 | All those factors are likely to be at work now that the Soviet empire has disintegrated . |
| 18 | The House of Lords has asked whether it is sex discrimination , contrary to Directive 76/207/EEC , to dismiss a female employee when she has been engaged for the specific purpose of replacing ( after training ) another female employee who is about to go on maternity leave and when the maternity leave replacement discovers very shortly after appointment that she too is pregnant and will need maternity leave and the employer dismisses her because he needs the job holder to be at work during that period . |
| 19 | Will be paid if you are required to be at work over the lunch period ( ie 1200 – 1400 ) and there is no Council establishment at which a lunch could be obtained . |
| 20 | Their great merit was that they " schooled " the children of the lower orders without interfering with the need for them to be at work on weekdays , hence their great appeal in manufacturing and mining areas . |
| 21 | This instinct is likely to be at work , moreover , in other , more complicated rankings they might make . |
| 22 | You 're supposed to be at work in less than an hour . |
| 23 | Some people were forced to travel by bus because they had to be at work . |
| 24 | It 's a long time to be at work . |
| 25 | Not many people seemed to be at work . |
| 26 | Cos he 's got to be at work for what ? |
| 27 | Nobody 's going to tell us that we 've got to be at work by f , half past eight . |
| 28 | NAI ( Non Accidental Injury ) personnel to be at case conference at School next month . |
| 29 | Mickey , amongst the many local games tonight , I suppose you 're going to be at Marriott 's Close , are you ? |
| 30 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |