Example sentences of "be at the [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She had half hoped he would be at the station but there was no sign of him . |
| 3 | The members of the new lower class , of those who are not chosen for the meritocracy , not only are at the bottom but are there because they both deserve to be and know it . |
| 4 | We have returns so far from sixty five per cent of the schools and we expect to have the remaining schools before the end of the month , I would n't expect it to change from where we are at the moment but if there was a significant variation then I will be in a position to report back to the Policy Committee at the end of the month but I 'm , I 'm not expecting that need be the case . |
| 5 | It 's at the top but the lift you pick up at the bottom now . |
| 6 | Well he 's at the Dingleside but he 's involved with the P T A there |
| 7 | No it 's not well it 's Mummy 's at the moment but there 's two ladies coming back to collect it tonight . |
| 8 | A far narrower range of beliefs are attributable to the dog , specifically those that hark back to what we could immediately read off from similar behaviour in the case of a human being ; thus the dog believes his master is at the door but it would be a false move in the game also to ask if it believed that its master would be late the next day . |
| 9 | So I had no idea where this place was , I knew where it was at the chart but I did n't know where it was from from pier fifty four in New York . |
| 10 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 11 | England manager Graham Taylor was at the game but Spurs striker Teddy Sheringham , who has been touted as a possible candidate for a World Cup place against Poland , did little to enhance his chances . |
| 12 | England manager Graham Taylor was at the game but Spurs striker Teddy Sheringham , who has been touted as a possible candidate for a World Cup place against Poland , did little to enhance his chances . |