Example sentences of "[vb infin] been at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However naughty we might have been at school , this was not mentioned at home . |
| 2 | As a result , I spent a lot of time in training — sometimes a whole afternoon — when I could have been at school . |
| 3 | The three boys should have been at school with their ragged clothes , crew cuts and sullen eyes . |
| 4 | First of all , because it is the capital ; Paris did n't want it and in London it would have been at Canary Wharf , which as you know is now in receivership , so thank goodness it did n't go there , and the Getty Museum is also restricted for visitors . |
| 5 | Other factors may also have been at work . |
| 6 | When we got home I was surprised to see Dad sitting in his usual seat because he should have been at work . |
| 7 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 8 | Wherever we have any hard information , it suggests several forces might have been at work , not least the school . |
| 9 | The complete absence of information makes it very difficult to uncover the processes of change which may have been at work among the peoples north and south of the Trent during the reign of Eadwine , but it is inconceivable that Eadwine was able to extend his hegemony southwards without first achieving domination of the Mercians . |
| 10 | Across the broad , still water of the moat stood at least a dozen mounted soldiers , more than enough to overcome the serfs , since most of them would have been at work in the fields . |
| 11 | It was the middle of the after noon , he should have been at work . |
| 12 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 13 | Yeah That 's the only bit I hated I 'd rather have been at work all week and I did n't |
| 14 | She could have been at Lisa 's house , laughing . |
| 15 | Hindley Earnshaw should have been at Catherine 's burial yesterday , but he had been drinking so much that he could n't go . |
| 16 | She could have been at home , warm and snug . |
| 17 | Or like the time when you say , right out loud , that 's it , I could have been at home sleeping . |
| 18 | In order to make this analysis meaningful we have used the findings reported in Chapter Four in order to make a prediction about whether or not clients would have been at home had they not been supported by the Home Support Project . |
| 19 | He would have been at home as a sixteenth-century Elizabethan , categorizing people according to their essential natures ; choleric , melancholic , mercurial , saturnine , qualities mirroring the planets that governed their birth . |
| 20 | Yet here was her grandson fending for himself , leaning amiably against a kitchen cupboard and eating a self-made sandwich , while his mother gave infinite attention to food for women who should have been at home attending to their own children . |
| 21 | She should have been at home . |
| 22 | However tough things might have been at home , there 's usually an underlying familiarity of experience that allows family members to overcome or endure difficulties . |
| 23 | It would have been at home in Bournemouth or Scarborough or any one of a dozen British seaside resorts , Christina thought . |
| 24 | He could have been at home to meet her . |
| 25 | Both seem to have attracted around 30 people ; Hague , named last year as the fittest man in the House , would probably have been at home in either . |
| 26 | Oh I wish you 'd have been at home , I 'd have gone round there . |
| 27 | and what we doing now is London , London yesterday and you , you should have been at home today but he had to go back to London again so I did n't keep him very much , given up is it ? |
| 28 | well if I 'd known enough company she said , I 'd have been at home with me feet up |
| 29 | The new manager could have been at Burnden Park watching United last night … several men chasing the job were in the stands … hopefully genning themselves up for an interview … they 'll have plenty to talk about lots of food for thought as United lost their third game in a row … |
| 30 | The new manager could have been at Burnden Park watching United last night … several men chasing the job were in the stands … hopefully genning themselves up for an interview … they 'll have plenty to talk about lots of food for thought as United lost their third game in a row … |