Example sentences of "[pron] be at the bottom [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as I get to sleep , I dream I 'm at the bottom of the sea . ’ |
| 2 | The earth curved up and around me wherever I went , as if I were at the bottom of a dish , and no matter how far I travelled I could get no nearer the rim — like a spaceman hurtling , as he thinks , towards the edge of the universe , only to find it unfolding before him and closing in behind , so that he is always at the centre . |
| 3 | You move closer , and find that someone is at the bottom of a deep pit . |
| 4 | Could I just remind members of the board of the next two meetings which are at the bottom of the er a a agenda and were given to you previously of course . |
| 5 | Will he remind any business man foolish enough to think that a Labour Government would be better for business of the myriad proposals which would prove the truth to be quite the opposite , which would make life far more difficult and which would especially energise union militancy which is at the bottom of some of the proposals ? |
| 6 | They used to go down to the clogger 's shop , which was at the bottom of the road where they lived , and he used to make toast , make a drink , and they used to sit round by the light of a candle , eating toast and drinking . |
| 7 | So Alexander worked out a technique that not only freed him from the tendency which was at the bottom of his vocal troubles , but also cured his asthma from which he had suffered from birth . |
| 8 | Nor are glamorous stiletto shoes safe until you are at the bottom of the stairs ; do not attempt to come down wearing them as the danger is very real — Winston Churchill 's mother lost a leg that way . |
| 9 | Organizations like this are not good at remembering the things you have done well and if , as most of us are , you are at the bottom of the pile , you will find that you are considered to be alternately either the best thing since sliced bread , or a liability to the organization . |
| 10 | It 's obviously best that he continues to believe you 're at the bottom of the Danube , or halfway to the Black Sea by now . ’ |
| 11 | The last thing you need when you 're at the bottom of the table is to concede an early free kick but today Notts did just that . |
| 12 | but er , I do n't I , I obviously gone have a way of doing this , but erm , it 's difficult , if you , if you 're at the bottom of the |
| 13 | Mainly there was silence , in still greenish light , as if she were at the bottom of a pool . |
| 14 | She was at the bottom of the stairs , he was two steps up . |
| 15 | If we are at the bottom of the organisation we may be motivated by the desire to satisfy physiological needs . |
| 16 | Now , we are at the bottom of the league . |
| 17 | ‘ Coming in as an outsider probably helped as a bit of a catalyst but really it was the fact that we were at the bottom of the underwriting cycle and everyone was looking to improve results and build up market share . ’ |
| 18 | However , the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) asserted that we were at the bottom of the league . |
| 19 | They are at the bottom of the heap . |
| 20 | Suppose they 're at the bottom of the sea now . |
| 21 | They were at the bottom of the hill . |
| 22 | ‘ I was hoping to look at them on the plane , but they were at the bottom of the pile and I never got around to it . ’ |
| 23 | The two of them were at the bottom of Heymouth Brae where official transport was ferrying people up and down , and to and from the railway station . |
| 24 | The chances are you 've not yet considered the security of your home , not a lot of people do — it 's at the bottom of a long list of priorities . |
| 25 | I bet it 's at the bottom of the River Thames , by now . |
| 26 | It 's at the bottom of page . |
| 27 | I say this last , only because it is at the bottom of my mind , deep hid and permanent , not because it is least . |
| 28 | And if it is at the bottom of the ocean - " He stopped . |
| 29 | I think he 's at the bottom of a bog with a hole in his head and they 're waiting to scoop her up at the right moment . |
| 30 | One was that all people knew about me was that I was making trouble about the caravan site and a lot of them assumed that because it was at the bottom of my own garden , I must naturally be on ‘ their side ’ , whatever my political colour : that is , I wanted the site disbanded . |