Example sentences of "he [be] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He is trying to joke , she senses he is at a loss for the first time that afternoon .
2 While the seller is there he is at an advantage over the competition ; thus part of the salesperson 's job is to try to close the sale .
3 " Unfortunately he is at the airport today .
4 However , the child who dances with delight upon hearing her father 's key in the lock does unmistakably believe that he is at the door , in normal circumstances , but , without asking her , we will not know if she is aware of the next day 's possible delay .
5 Five years after the fire , his work now nearing its end , he is at the centre of a specialist team of restorers replacing the recarving swags and pendants which had adorned the King 's Bedchamber and adjoining rooms since the time of Charles II and which now lie boxed or in pieces on shelves and benches at the South East corner of the palace .
6 Anyhow , here he is at the bottom , and ready to be introduced to you .
7 But the feeling about Faldo is that if he is at the top of his game , he should win it .
8 They say that a release is on the cards this week er they make no mention of any ransom and they say Terry Waite is a priority for release ; he is at the top of a list of Western hostages about to be set free .
9 We are going to a tribunal on Tuesday to buy a keeper with a lot of potential — but that 's all he is at the moment , a lot of potential . ’
10 It shows how really fragile he is at the moment , I suppose .
11 The picture tries to portray Charles ‘ as he is at the moment — someone who cares about the world around him , somebody who has become a very caring person .
12 And he 's a director of Leeds museum well he is at the moment anyway .
13 ‘ He has had his problems this season with a knee injury to overcome but it is great that he has got where he is at the moment , ’ said Dalglish , who would not even confirm that he will give Paul Warhurst , his £2.7 million signing from Sheffield Wednesday , an Anfield debut .
14 ‘ He has had his problems this season with a knee injury to overcome but it is great that he has got where he is at the moment , ’ said Dalglish , who would not even confirm that he will give Paul Warhurst , his £2.7 million signing from Sheffield Wednesday , an Anfield debut .
15 ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave , ’ said Major Astle .
16 Major Astle said : ‘ We 're not sure where he is at the moment because he 's on leave .
17 The rest of the speech is saying that since the whole argument must have no excuse for what he is at the moment , it must be looked at like this : that when he becomes greater , he will become very dangerous to Rome : like a serpent still in the egg , which , when hatched , will become deadly .
18 Same as he is at the moment .
19 At 26 , he is at the height of his powers and ranked fourth in the world , holds the unofficial title of ‘ best in the west ’ since only three former Soviets ; Kasparov , Karpov and Vassily Ivanchuk are ahead of him in the rankings .
20 The Boy does not have that rather hoarse sound that Falla wanted , but sounds merely like a well-trained choirboy. master peter sounds neither servile , which he is at the start , nor terrified , which he should be at the end .
21 I took this as his Imprimateur , his permission if you like for me to go away and write aqbout what Toad really got up to next rather than being annoyingly good as he is at the end of Wind in the Willows
22 They 're not as stressed as he is at the end of the day because .
23 He is at the forefront of the campaign to save the Elephant from extinction .
24 3 Once the attacker is down , he is at the defender 's mercy .
25 Before he can open his mouth he gets a simple instruction from each of us , so he stands switching his gaze from her to me and back again like he 's at a tennis match .
26 He 's at a Council meeting just now .
27 Tonight he 's at a hospice in Oxford .
28 And often , says Penny Mansfield , it 's not so much that he falls in love with another woman but he 's at a stage in life where he wants some diversion .
29 He 's at a meeting in London this morning , but he 'll be back tonight .
30 He 's at a party in Toronto to honour his pal Warren Beatty ; someone is always giving a party for Beatty and when they do n't he gives one for himself .
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