Example sentences of "[pron] be at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | and then I 'd know where I am , huh , I just ca n't go to it from this end , right I 'm out tonight , I 'm at the joiners with friends so |
2 | You start to think , well of course , had I done so-and-so yesterday , had I done , and I 've missed on so- and-so , so you sort of , review the day for a couple of hours , and then it gets to about four o'clock and now you 're thinking , Oh my God , I 'm at the accountants the next day , I 'll be so tired , I 'll be you know , and it 's too late to do anything about it now , so now you 're having a bad day the next day as well because you 've got yourself all stewed up about that . |
3 | Right , I 'm off cos I 'm at the careers night , tonight . |
4 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
5 | Well not cos I felt like it but I was at the lights in Bromley this bloke , this , was stand- , sort of kept staring at my front passenger side wheel . |
6 | I was at the Combeses ' yesterday , and the Hammonds were there . |
7 | I 've never been soooo pissed off at a game than I was at the rangers game at Elland Road . |
8 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
9 | Indeed when I was at the police college in 1987 and Jones was on the Senior Command Course prior to taking up a position as assistant chief constable , I took a straw poll among my immediate colleagues to see what influence such books achieve . |
10 | All her father remembered about his grandfather was that he was a dour man and that the only relaxation he ever gave himself was at the races . |
11 | The scenario is world war two and you are at the controls of the fictional whirly-bird . |
12 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
13 | No , yo you were at the juniors . |
14 | ‘ And you were at the Houses . |
15 | ‘ You were at the nuns ’ school ? |
16 | She is at the barricades , defending all sorts of unrespectable ideas . |
17 | Two years ago Mrs Ayers went next door to feed Ivy 's cat while she was at the hairdressers when she disturbed burglars at work . |
18 | Best who was at a Lions selection meeting in Edinburgh yesterday morning , reckoned the margin and manner of Scotland 's 20-0 victory would certainly have England worried and that he expected a cracker of a game on Saturday week at Twickenham , where Scotland have won only twice , in 1971 and 1983 , since the Second World War . |
19 | They both watched Mallachy , who was at the sailboards . |
20 | Under the mop of curls his face , without the emphasizing make-up he wore perpetually on the train , looked younger and more ordinary : it was David Flynn who was at the races , not Zak . |
21 | Yeah it says , Romans ten , verse thirteen , for every everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah , will be saved , however , how will they call on him if in him they 'd not put faith , how in turn will they put faith in him , if him they 've not heard , how in turn will they hear without someone to preach , how in turn will they preach unless they 've been sent forth , just as it is written , how come we are at the feet of those who declare good news of good things well that 's more or less what we were saying is n't it ? |
22 | And while we 're at the police station I suggest that you have a word with someone there about the fact that you seem to be attracting some unwelcome attention . |
23 | ‘ We 'll buy some today when we 're at the shops . ’ |
24 | While we were at the Clothes Show , we noticed some fabulous haircuts and even more exciting styling ideas . |
25 | It was as we started our second run and we were at the lights at the corner of Portman Square , that I saw the cops had concentrated themselves on the traffic island in Baker Street . |
26 | By this time , we were at the boats . |
27 | We were at the gates , huge wrought-iron things , open , with great brick gateposts . |
28 | Three reports in the major backlog are printed , one is at the printers , two are at camera-ready-copy stage , and two are in hand . |
29 | The two slaves moved jerkily , as if they were at the ends of strings . |
30 | It 's at the cleaners … |