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

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1 But you would n't be at the Slade if you had n't .
2 By the time the train has reached them , it has already slowed to a crawl allowing a team of five officers to be at the trackside before the offenders know what has happened .
3 By the time the train has reached them , it has already slowed to a crawl allowing a team of five officers to be at the trackside before the offenders know what has happened .
4 It was Britain which had made sure finance ministers would be at the summit so the recovery talks can go ahead , he said .
5 Mrs Strange used to be at the piano when Seven Towers sang and now that she is stepping up to the rostrum , Kathryn , daughter of bass singer and choir secretary Jack Clarke , is replacing her .
6 Talk of segregation — you will sit with the men all right , you will sit round a table with them talking examination papers , you wo n't be at the table when the decanter goes round .
7 And would the would your father be at the funeral as well or would he
8 I see so there would be if he was this would be at the end when you know this was n't he did n't ever do anything like that before he went off to the w w during the war ?
9 James intended one day to be equally celebrated , and as a dresser he was privileged to be at the bedside while the physician examined a patient .
10 Near me , in a white open-necked shirt with short sleeves was a stocky , rather wooden-looking man , who gave me a rather uncomfortable feeling of only being at the party because he had to be .
11 And you see doing th er that er junior the junior school In the earlier junior school we were at the church as well , which was on the next street , St John 's Church at Mansfield .
12 Or the need to race to the phone like a lunatic every time it rings ( for someone else ) and to blame your mother because you were at the pub when he did phone .
13 ‘ It is all a bit overwhelming and we are more frightened now than we were at the start because we know so much more about her condition .
14 He said you were at the Tower because of Sir Ralph Whitton 's death . ’
15 But they 're prepared to let it stand as the prices are at the moment cos they 're under pressure .
16 Spencer denied having been at the scene when the attack took place but the jury took just less than twenty minutes to convict him .
17 If what he told Rose was true , he could n't have been at the belvedere after about a quarter to nine .
18 Cos it was due to sail on the same day , on the Sunday , you know what I mean and er it was these locks as I 'm telling you about and her a very , very famous firm and er my correspondence come from London because he had offices was there , you know and erm our erm I 've been at the service as I , if I might say so , but in most people it 's surprising how it get 's round and er the jobs that I 've had to do .
19 But he had n't been at the PCC because of recovering , still , from the flu .
20 Both had been at the hospital until after midnight , though they had understood from the moment they arrived that their son was dead .
21 Andy told me Howie and another two locals jumped a couple of travellers who 'd been at the party as well .
22 Jed would have been at the party if it had not been his duty evening with the Safeguards .
23 Then he remembered ; appropriately enough it had been at the party when Slater had first introduced Graham and Sara to each other .
24 So I then , I do n't stipulate whether that 's during the week though or whether that 's at the weekend because I , I agree with what 's been said about they 're , they 're more productive during the weekend cos they do n't get the interruptions
25 At the front , and the zip 's at the front as well .
26 He/she will tell you how much this is at the beginning so you know at the start how much you have to pay .
27 The bank is at the centre because it is usually the only firm that does business with every other member of the group and thus also owns a small ( typically 3–5% ) shareholding in all the other members .
28 And it is at the moment because nobody 's buying any goods .
29 ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave , ’ said Major Astle .
30 Major Astle said : ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave .
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