Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah we I must admit , would a , would a parent , I mean I was at a very simple level , following instructions , go and get that ruler Jimmy ? |
| 2 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 3 | Three separate inquiries are underway into why a woman spectator died attending the demoliton of a block of flats in Glasgow , early reports suggest she WAS at a safe distance from the site of the blast . |
| 4 | Like you say you 're at the mercy . |
| 5 | If the law were changed in the way we suggest it is at least possible that such men would prefer to seek relations with older persons which would not render them liable to prosecution . |
| 6 | Many French politicians take for granted a Europe in which France shares a lead ; they sense it is at risk . |
| 7 | Imagine you 're at home and you 're not going back to that madhouse . |
| 8 | I imagine he was at home with his highly attractive wife . ’ |
| 9 | And the person who had sorted it together at Birmingham made sure that the next stop it was at , the waggons would be at the back end to leave in that town and this is what my father was doing by er er shunting as it was called , or making a train up to go from Nottingham to London , or some other place in the country , with up to fifty or sixty trucks behind it and they did n't want the trucks next to the engine to be dropped off at the first place and having to shove and push about in their marshalling yard . |
| 10 | I mean you were at the meeting that 's why I 'm referring to you . |
| 11 | I fear we are at a parting of the ways . |
| 12 | So although they also may submit it to us as part of their assessment for a project , I mean we 're at least as interested in the work being useful to the schools and to the students involved . |
| 13 | Well we 've been , I mean we were at Jenny 's for a while , I went to the bank and eh , then we 've been into Bromley all afternoon . |
| 14 | ‘ I remember I was at a council meeting and they mentioned they were having difficulty letting an old shop on the end of Redcar pier , ’ said Mr Brook . |
| 15 | I know I 'm at the station , cos that 's obvious , it 's just I ca n't exactly remember how I got here . |
| 16 | I 'm sorry I 'm not , and I know I 'm at fault . |
| 17 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 18 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
| 19 | Get to know when you are at your best for different types of study and try to do them when you know you 're at your best . |
| 20 | We were straight in there ringing people , you know have you got any problems , listening you know to this and that , and the next morning we were in ringing , and Jack would ring in , and we 'd say , look at know you 're at Gateshead , but can you go to Newton Aycliffe ? |
| 21 | ‘ I know you were at Gamages for a while . |
| 22 | I hear you were at the Empire the other night ? |
| 23 | Remember she was at Ricky 's party |
| 24 | The old woman 's gone — I spect she 's at home now . |
| 25 | Now I know we are at war with the German People " . |
| 26 | thing is that you know we were at w we , actually we got lost and were asking directions . |
| 27 | I know we were at one point . |
| 28 | Assume we are at a board position called MyPos , and it is the program 's turn to play . |
| 29 | The upshot of this is that in this sense of " power " as of many like terms-it is at least arguable not only that a cause has a power to produce its effect , but also that an effect has a power to produce its cause . |
| 30 | Right you know they 're at export price list ? |