Example sentences of "[be] at [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And while you 're at it with the bin get yourself a tissue as well , to wipe your nose .
2 Now sailing encompasses windsurfing , dinghy sailing and ocean cruising and if you 've got millions of pounds to spend you can enter the Fastnet or the Admiral 's Cup but whatever level or whatever part of sailing you want to take up , the basic techniques are best learnt in a dinghy or sail boat because it 's less expensive and a lot more simple to operate and that 's the purpose of this video to learn the most basic techniques as quickly as possible and to be at one with the wind .
3 The final information turned up late and we were at it till the small hours .
4 They were at it in the house , then in Felstead 's car on the way to the Club , all the time he was away from the bar .
5 The Cross-Rail and channel tunnel high speed link are at nothing like the state of preparedness of Jubilee Line , that 's going ahead now after a lot of work , er th it it will not be the case er it that you can do either of those very quickly , Cross-Rail 's only just started going through the House of Commons .
6 In short , the Regional Council and the District Council are at one on the matters referred to .
7 And then we have the third issue which is site selection and here they are at one with the local communities when they say this particular er selected site has been driven by economic consideration and not environmental consideration .
8 She 'd been at it for the past half-hour , ever since she 'd arrived to interrupt Rory 's precious sunbathing break .
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