Example sentences of "be at the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 West Ham take their chances , Oxford do n't , that 's why they 're at the bottom and teams like Sheffield and West Ham and Oldham are at the top .
2 Then we 're at the desk and he leans over all cocky like and actually gets hold of my chin and says , ‘ Why so glum , my fair one ? ’
3 Erm , that 's why we 're at the stage and have n't passed three one yet .
4 It 's only recently , of course , that political correctness has demanded that the fathers not be at the birth but also do the right thing .
5 They tend to be at the top and then there 's sort of little bits and pieces go at the bottom .
6 ‘ Fifteen minutes after finishing a meeting , we can be at the airport and on a plane , ’ he says .
7 She had half hoped he would be at the station but there was no sign of him .
8 Others may find the part time or flexible hours the main incentive , or be at the beginning or end of a working life .
9 Therefore I 'm afraid were going to have to pass Sue 's book around , we 'll leave the lights on and erm she 's changed the scripture of her talks so that she will be describing the picture why 'll its been passed round and could you please sort of pass it fairly quickly , I 'll be at the back and then I 'll come down into the front again , is there anyone who 's a poet ?
10 Most of the call-outs we deal with tend to be at the weekend and at the end of the day when people are tired .
11 While I was supposed to be at the beck and call of not only my husband but even his parents , his going around with other women was just taken for granted .
12 Sarah would be at the Polytechnic and the children at school , but what about Peter Fleming ?
13 Of the 35,000 who have been accepted , about 26,000 are expected to be at the start and these will include one of Britain 's most famous athletes , David Bedford , who has slimmed down for his first big race since he retired 11 years ago .
14 Well a cos then you can pick them up altogether if , are you with me , if you 're doing the rounds for your friends cos some of them 'll be on there and some 'll be Pick them up from the front , it 's just that some of the stuff will be at the front and some of it wo n't .
15 Not all efforts to improve prison conditions are futile , but any success is likely to be at the margins and will depend upon full regard being given to the capacity and population side of the reform equation .
16 LADY JONES : And I beg to be at the wedding and at the ball afterwards .
17 Now it happens that everyone 's instinctive belief that the best site is at the ‘ centre of gravity ’ of the sources and markets is incorrect in this problem — the best site tends to be at the source or at a dominant market in many cases : this point failed totally to emerge .
18 Fair was definitely not being at the beck and call of her wayward emotions .
19 I was situated immediately behind the cameraman , being at the organ and playing for the service .
20 Seventy or eighty men were at the kill and most of them , like us , had heard the shooting from their homes and hurried over just in time .
21 Erm they were at the start they were at the finish and both days in between .
22 They were at the toast and marmalade stage when Mrs. Mackintosh came in to say that Sir Bryan was wanted on the telephone .
23 Anti Terrorists Squad Officers were at the scene and police believe that the bomb had been planted by the IRA .
24 Twenty infants aged between three and five were at the playgroud and the police have confirmed they will all be interviewed , along with four staff members and several other mothers .
25 ‘ Bobby Moore and Jimmy Armfield , former England captains , were at the match and did n't see it the way Souness did .
26 Most of the Committee were at the prize-giving and the cheese and winetasting which followed .
27 The books were at the auditors and I did n't want to hold up the minutes and , as you 'd all mostly seen them anyway , I felt that perhaps I could let them go .
28 The only two windows were at the front and faced south , but being just below the brow of the hill there was a poor view from these .
29 She must wait months , if not years , for an interview with an Entry Clearance Officer at a British diplomatic mission on the Indian subcontinent , go through endless interrogations about such subjects as the colour of the family 's goat or the number of rooms in the house she lives in or how many guests there were at the wedding and what happened on the wedding night .
30 The West Indians are at the top and the Asians are at the bottom . ’
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