Example sentences of "be at the [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis Smith says that Phil is a good professional and has signed a two and half year contract and hopefully will be at the club a lot longer |
| 2 | While they were at the pub a fight broke out , which was declared incidental to the case in question , during the course of which a beer glass had been hurled against the ceiling and landed close to them . |
| 3 | We had been at the wedding a full hour before I began to be curious about the whereabouts of the bride and groom . |
| 4 | I mean Tony 's been at the club a long time he 's expressed a wish to go erm his style and his age is probably just right to go on the continent , he 's twenty six years of age and er I would guess that his particular style wou possibly would be better suited to continental play than it is in England . |
| 5 | It is at the bottom a social problem . |
| 6 | And , of course , Tita [ the Baroness ] is very energetic and is at the museum a lot and has worked very hard on it , so I think it will be a success . |
| 7 | Readers who have visited the ground will probably well understand the feelings of adjoining home-owners in what is at the moment a prime residential area . |
| 8 | Having previously discussed it with John , I declined to join them on their expedition to the temples at P. as I feel it is important to them both to have time alone with each other , especially as is at the moment a bit jealous of the twin at school here ( though of course he , chose to opt out of Gordonstoun ) and has anyway not spent as much time with John in recent years as no 2 ! has . |
| 9 | There is at the moment a greater demand than available parking places and applicants may be placed on a waiting list for a time . |
| 10 | There is at the moment a greater demand than available parking places and applicants may be placed on a waiting list for a time . |
| 11 | In November 1952 Karajan made what was at the time a celebrated recording of Bach 's B minor Mass . |
| 12 | There was at the time a French popular song , wistful and haunting , and I used to repeat it in my mind like a rosary. : |
| 13 | True , what he had felt for Kee was at the time a stronger passion , and so far as charm went they could n't be compared . |
| 14 | Indeed , Lord Plowden ( who was at the time a civil servant engaged in economic planning and subsequently the chairman of a public corporation ) has recently suggested that the blueprint laid down in the Act was arguably too detailed , and that questions such as the division of powers between the centre and Area Boards could rationally be placed within the purview of nationalised industry management rather than of Parliament . |
| 15 | Drafted by the Conservative Research Department , it was presented by William Whitelaw , the Shadow Home Secretary , and David Howell , formerly a junior Minister who had worked under Whitelaw at the Northern Ireland Office and was at the time a Front Bench spokesman on Home Affairs . |
| 16 | Sud ( now Aerospatiale ) was at the time a partner with Dassault and this is why the type certificate for the aircraft states " Dassault-Sud " . |
| 17 | , Peter ( 1850–1918 ) , locomotive engineer , was born 13 August 1850 in Polmont , Stirlingshire , the son of George Drummond , who was at the time a permanent-way inspector on that section of the North British Railway , and his wife Christina Thomson . |
| 18 | Well , I was at the hospital a month ago and my blood pressure 's up a wee bit . |