Example sentences of "[prep] [be] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of being at the controls , he was desperately clinging on while the engines , at full throttle , thrust the boat violently from side to side as a host of faction fighters wrestled to grab the wheel — or in most cases to avoid touching it . |
| 2 | For my part , I think it would be open to the English courts to apply the civil law maxim directly to the situations we have in these two appeals , and treat the two plaintiffs as lives in being at the times of the events which injured them as they were later born alive , but it is not necessary to do so directly in view of the effect which the Montreal Tramways case [ 1933 ] 4 D.L.R. 337 has already had in the development of the common law in this field in other common law jurisdictions . |
| 3 | ‘ Once upon a time I 'd 've made you turn religious , ’ said Constance , and suddenly it occurred to Scarlet that really she was already religious , as anyone who had borne a child must surely be : not in the conventional sense but rather as a passenger on a train would expect someone to be at the controls . |
| 4 | I wanted to be at the pictures with my family . |
| 5 | Oh no they were based in the town , at buildings , used to be at the buildings . |
| 6 | This is a consideration of principle rather than practical reality , since the relevant law is often obscure , and unlikely to be at the fingertips of the qualified lawyer let alone the layman . |
| 7 | Not all efforts to improve prison conditions are futile , but any success is likely to be at the margins and will depend upon full regard being given to the capacity and population side of the reform equation . |