Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them are away at school , some being looked after by Nanny , in the upper parts of the house . |
| 2 | East Stand ) Neither of them are now at leeds , one is playing in the USA and the other is dossing around for a year ( so he says ) before trying to get in with a lower division club . |
| 3 | Teenagers are also heavily over-represented amongst the temporary labour force ; a substantial number of them are still at school and are working part-time . |
| 4 | I spoke to Kevin on the phone yesterday but sadly he has chosen this weekend to go home to Dunsteld , when Mark & I are here at Drumstinchall . |
| 5 | And Goldberg , in his pad : Dear Harsnet , it may surprise you to hear that after all these years I am finally at work transcribing the notes you entrusted to me so many years ago , with a view to eventually publishing them . |
| 6 | Thus today I am equally at home with both metric systems , and can switch from ergs to joules , or dynes to newtons with ease . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not at liberty to say just yet , madam , but its nature is serious . |
| 8 | I venture to write and enquire if you would oblige me by calling at this Officer , at some time convenient to yourself : I am not at liberty to offer any further information at this juncture , but I think I may say that our meeting will be to your advantage . |
| 9 | ‘ But I am acting upon the instructions of a client who chooses to remain anonymous , so I am not at liberty to give you as much information as you might wish . |
| 10 | Besides , ’ her pudgy eyes suddenly narrowed and she ran a hand across her tattooed scalp , ‘ there are moves afoot which I am not at liberty to discuss . |
| 11 | They have just given me the reasons why , which , as I see it , I am not at liberty to reveal at this stage . |
| 12 | Discussions are ongoing with a famous commercial radio station ( named after a nearby river ) whose identify I am not at liberty to reveal at present . |
| 13 | The results of these Monday afternoon treks ( is at Nursery and I am not at work only Monday and Friday afternoon and Friday afternoon is not a good time to go bothering people ! ) were now covering rather more than a double page and indeed was too much for a single newsletter article . |
| 14 | This is why I am not at home here . |
| 15 | said ‘ I am not at present persuaded , however , that the condition in section 14(2) is excluded if at the time the contract is made the buyer is reasonably of the opinion that the defect can be , and will be , rectified at no cost to himself . ’ |
| 16 | Does this mean that I am more at risk of developing skin cancer ? |
| 17 | I used to work on a service counter in the 5Os , and here I am back at JS still working on a service counter in the 9Os ’ |
| 18 | I am always at risk in the things I do for the Motherland , but idiots create the kind of additional risks one can not always allow for . ’ |
| 19 | In the photograph , the sun is coming into the attic on an early summer 's late afternoon , a time when I am seldom at work there . |
| 20 | I am perfectly at ease with their decision to do so . |
| 21 | Of course , I am then at liberty to ask how each part works . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm normally at home most evenings , ’ she told him , trying to ignore his disbelieving look as she handed it over . |
| 23 | We 're at a loose end , Cynthie and me — I 'm up at Trinity , you know , but I 've been ill — ha ha ! — and have to stay down this term . |
| 24 | It ca n't be Rachel , it wo n't be Jancey , and if it 's Victor I 'm not at home . |
| 25 | numbers that reach me when I 'm not at home and |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not at liberty to divulge , ’ said the postmaster . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not at liberty to offer one , Chief Inspector . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not at liberty to say , ’ the Chief Superintendent replied . |
| 29 | my argument is I 'm not at work between the hours of ten to four . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not at work . ’ |