Example sentences of "[be] at [art] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | West Ham take their chances , Oxford do n't , that 's why they 're at the bottom and teams like Sheffield and West Ham and Oldham are at the top . |
| 2 | Then we 're at the desk and he leans over all cocky like and actually gets hold of my chin and says , ‘ Why so glum , my fair one ? ’ |
| 3 | Erm , that 's why we 're at the stage and have n't passed three one yet . |
| 4 | In comparative terms , such an influx is the equivalent of the movement of three million East Germans to West Germany , a country ( unlike Israel ) with a healthy economy where difficulties of acclimatization for the newcomers will be at a minimum and language problems non-existent . |
| 5 | For instance , it must be at an undervalue and made at a time when the company was unable to pay its debts , the company must be in the course of being wound up in England or subject to an administration order , and so on . |
| 6 | They tend to be at the top and then there 's sort of little bits and pieces go at the bottom . |
| 7 | ‘ Fifteen minutes after finishing a meeting , we can be at the airport and on a plane , ’ he says . |
| 8 | Therefore I 'm afraid were going to have to pass Sue 's book around , we 'll leave the lights on and erm she 's changed the scripture of her talks so that she will be describing the picture why 'll its been passed round and could you please sort of pass it fairly quickly , I 'll be at the back and then I 'll come down into the front again , is there anyone who 's a poet ? |
| 9 | Most of the call-outs we deal with tend to be at the weekend and at the end of the day when people are tired . |
| 10 | While I was supposed to be at the beck and call of not only my husband but even his parents , his going around with other women was just taken for granted . |
| 11 | Sarah would be at the Polytechnic and the children at school , but what about Peter Fleming ? |
| 12 | Of the 35,000 who have been accepted , about 26,000 are expected to be at the start and these will include one of Britain 's most famous athletes , David Bedford , who has slimmed down for his first big race since he retired 11 years ago . |
| 13 | Well a cos then you can pick them up altogether if , are you with me , if you 're doing the rounds for your friends cos some of them 'll be on there and some 'll be Pick them up from the front , it 's just that some of the stuff will be at the front and some of it wo n't . |
| 14 | LADY JONES : And I beg to be at the wedding and at the ball afterwards . |
| 15 | Landlord might be at risk financially , the subtenancy proposed being at a premium and a low rent . |
| 16 | Under the general law of contract ( on which see Chitty on Contracts , Chapter 24 ) repudiation gives the other party the right to treat the contract as being at an end and to claim damages for wrongful termination : the alternative right to insist on performance would be meaningless in this context . |
| 17 | Fair was definitely not being at the beck and call of her wayward emotions . |
| 18 | I was situated immediately behind the cameraman , being at the organ and playing for the service . |
| 19 | People have talked a bit about their children and er and , and how beautiful they are , supposing you were a fairy god mother and you were at a christening and you had a wand and you could endow one gift , would it be beauty ? , is beauty the most important gift ? , button one for yes and button two for no and I 'd love to go round the world and ask this question , but out of one hundred Scottish women seven of you say yes , but ninety three of you think there is a more important gift than beauty and what that might be we shall talk about another time , but for all thank you now , thank you for watching , good bye |
| 20 | They belonged to a club I was n't qualified to join , they were at a party and I had n't been asked . ’ |
| 21 | In the face of appalling shortages and rampant inflation after Japan 's surrender , food supplies were at a premium and those fortunate enough to control any of the scarce agricultural output were able to charge high prices . |
| 22 | At such close quarters , mistakes would have been more than evident but to the merit of all those involved , these were at a minimum and more than compensated for by sheer enthusiasm . |
| 23 | Seventy or eighty men were at the kill and most of them , like us , had heard the shooting from their homes and hurried over just in time . |
| 24 | Erm they were at the start they were at the finish and both days in between . |
| 25 | They were at the toast and marmalade stage when Mrs. Mackintosh came in to say that Sir Bryan was wanted on the telephone . |
| 26 | Anti Terrorists Squad Officers were at the scene and police believe that the bomb had been planted by the IRA . |
| 27 | Twenty infants aged between three and five were at the playgroud and the police have confirmed they will all be interviewed , along with four staff members and several other mothers . |
| 28 | ‘ Bobby Moore and Jimmy Armfield , former England captains , were at the match and did n't see it the way Souness did . |
| 29 | Most of the Committee were at the prize-giving and the cheese and winetasting which followed . |
| 30 | The only two windows were at the front and faced south , but being just below the brow of the hill there was a poor view from these . |