Example sentences of "be [verb] [noun sg] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I had completed a question about whether he would like to be Chancellor , MacGregor broke in to say with a smile , as he had to : ‘ But I am enjoying being at transport . |
| 2 | My right hon. Friend will be aware that HMS Norfolk — the first of the Duke class — has been accepted into the fleet and has been completing work-up at Portland . |
| 3 | Birds of prey have been registered nose-diving at speeds of up to 1 l 0 miles an hour . |
| 4 | Before their attack 356 ( 23% ) patients had been prescribed treatment at step 2 , 275 ( 77% ) of whom remained at step 2 or lower after the attack , and 81 ( 23% ) had their treatment stepped up according to recommended guidelines . |
| 5 | My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father . |
| 6 | Stephen you 're doing research at university into processes of comprehensive schooling . |
| 7 | Then , like his father , he had been offered work at Sakata . |
| 8 | Erm the policy panel that erm looked at this erm a week before Christmas was erm I hate to disagree with you with Peter we are not exactly unanimous in this views on terminal five and this is reflected in the erm , the Liberal Democrat resolution erm , past policy of this Council has always been to favour expansion at Heathrow rather than of Stansted and we are being asked today to confirm this stance at the forthcoming enquiry and well we 're not faced with an either or situation . |
| 9 | Howard Williams has been teaching music at St Peters School in Gloucester since 1973 . |
| 10 | about joining the airport policy consortium to making sure that members and officers views are er sort of , er officer and member representation and to make sure that Hertfordshire 's views are heard on this policy consortium because as Peter quite rightly said , erm it 's made up of members and officers of County and District Council 's South of the river and yes although their com their main intention is opposing terminal five , regrettably yes they are considering expansion at Stansted er , er far more than an alternative . |
| 11 | This is also the only way for motorists who have been refused permission at Killilan to use the private road , or who did n't like to ask , and are fit enough to do eight miles there and back on foot . |
| 12 | Fergie and her two children , the princesses Beatrice and Eugenie , are spending Christmas at Wood Farm , two miles away from the main house but still on the Sandringham estate . |
| 13 | Workers would prefer to be at point C rather than point A in Figure 5.1 , while employers would be maximizing profit at point C as well as point A. Despite the scope for a Pareto-improvement in welfare if the real wage were reduced to w * ; , the means of achieving such an improvement are absent in a money using economy . |
| 14 | Mr Goodwin said afterwards that he was glad to be spending Christmas at liberty . |
| 15 | A DREAM night for Dublin 's indie kids will be taking place at McGonagles on Thursday November 7th when Freak Scene , a new promotional agency present Into Paradise , Whipping Boy and Candy Apple Red in a ‘ big night out ’ with a guest DJ to provide the sounds between acts . |
| 16 | This year they are taking place at Espoo , Finland , and in 1994 they will be at Stavanger , Norway . |
| 17 | In SEFTON , displays are taking place at Leisure Lake , Mere Brow near Southport , Holy Family School Norwood Crescent , near Southport , Ainsdale Lido , All Souls Church , Norwood Road , Southport , ( all starting at 6.30pm ) and Southport Football club at 7pm . |
| 18 | Kevin Tamati has been appointed coach at Salford . |
| 19 | In November 1633 Crowe had been appointed ambassador at Constantinople , though he was unable to take up the appointment for another five years . |
| 20 | Sometimes there are significant factors that are affecting life at home , for example maternal grandmother living with them , difficult neighbours , a child living away from home . |
| 21 | Under its new chief executive , John Houliston , big changes have been taking place at Dairy Crest as it prepares for a stock market flotation next year . |
| 22 | She 's been studying photography at Aylesbury College since then — forced to put her career as a nurse on hold . |
| 23 | Well , now the FADs are galvanised — on record , thanks to Fall producer Craig Leon , who transformed recent comeback single ‘ It 's Not What You Know ’ from a bitter mumble into a magnificent , eloquent tirade — but live , they appear to have been studying drama at summer school . |
| 24 | Clinton and Neville of Hornby seem to have been followers of the Earl of Lancaster ; Neville had been taken prisoner at Boroughbridge but was pardoned in return for a fine of £500 , of which he paid only £50 . |
| 25 | Four former workers are awaiting trial at Dundee Sheriff Court on charges of breach of the peace arising out of incidents at the factory gates . |
| 26 | The second , also ex-GWR , No. 793 was recovered from Crymych , South Wales and both are awaiting restoration at Bronydd Arms . |
| 27 | Such was the state of concern at the Midlands plants that conveners and local members of Parliament were demanding intervention at Government level . |
| 28 | For instance , only 18 per cent of retailers , 22 per cent of caterers and 60 per cent of food manufacturers were keeping food at temperatures recommended by the Department of Health . |
| 29 | She did have it all bandaged up , she were she were cleaning toilet at bottom , and er , apparently there was a piece out of it and she did n't know , and she wiped round it , it sliced it , and it were bleeding like mad , well she came across to our 'ouse , and we were n't in , and then she went to Kevin 's and she had she had it , but it , now it 's just like a line now , |
| 30 | It was spring in London , and the two friends were having dinner at Lord Henry 's house . |