Example sentences of "be at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " 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 | And er we cast during the dark days of the war , when toys were n't available , we a few older blokes er apprentices used to I remember being at it for a couple of hard week we had a hard week , well evening during the evenings anyway . |
| 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 baskets measure an ample 15 inches by 13 inches , and 10 inches to the top of the handle , and are hand-made in Somerset by P H Coate and Son who have been at it for a century and a half . |
| 6 | She 'd been at it for the past half-hour , ever since she 'd arrived to interrupt Rory 's precious sunbathing break . |
| 7 | And of course a lot of the engineering was on textile machinery and er I did n't , I just would n't go back to it after I 'd been at it about a couple of years . |
| 8 | I was taken by the drama of it — one mistake , and somebody 's at you with a meat cleaver . |
| 9 | He got the fright of his life , for the Harris 's was at them like a bullet , and he was in the way ! |