Example sentences of "he be [adv prt] at the " in BNC.

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1 Had he been around at the time of my capture I do n't believe I 'd have made it very far .
2 Though after a moment of considering her question , seemed to think that there was no harm in revealing , ‘ I believe the dog does not take well to city life — he is up at the house . ’
3 Graveney insists that Hick should go back to basics , and remain in that classic position he is in at the start of the bowler 's run-up — to stand sideways-on , bat on the ground , knees slightly bent , feet about shoulder width apart , and head up and still with both eyes level .
4 He 's up at the section-house .
5 You know , he 's so uncomfortable he 's up at the crack of the dawn because that floor is really getting into him !
6 drinks Pils when he 's out at the wine bar
7 He 's out at the moment but he 'll be in later and he 'll phone either tonight or in the morning . ’
8 Which is understandable considering the vein he 's in at the moment .
9 " He does live here — upstairs — but I should n't think he 's in at the moment .
10 He 's down at the roundabout .
11 ‘ Onstage , ’ Fred reflects , ‘ he 's this outrageous lunatic camp person , but half an hour after the gig he 's back at the hotel reading Somerset Maugham and Rob and I are being disgusting to some barmaid completely off our head . ’
12 He 's back at the main menu , he 's calling up the directory , the very List of Lists , the brain surgeon 's own encephalogram .
13 ‘ Yes , he 's back at the hotel . ’
14 He was up at the crack of dawn doing something unspeakable to the turkey , but the kids were up anyway .
15 He reckoned the boy had doubled the price for his ice cream because he was up at the smart end of town , not plying his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis .
16 It was Gre he was out at the Caithes and it blew up a a gale a Westerly gale and blew him across to Norway you see .
17 he was in at the beginning and he was er he was there at the end , sort of thing .
18 After two hours I began to wonder if he had stitched me up and then , worse , whether he was back at the flat with Alison .
19 The following season he was back at the Festival as favourite for the Gold Cup , but soft going and the distance of three and a quarter miles proved his undoing , and he finished fifth .
20 Now he was back at the sharp end .
21 Very soon he was back at the Friar 's side .
22 Within half an hour he was back at the library .
23 On July 1st he was writing to say that he was back at the studio , and how delightful it was to be free of catheters , bougies , and syringes .
24 He was back at the open unit on 9 June 1991 , but the following day he absconded again and this time was absent for 94 days .
25 But Gregory , he came down to the er to the base , and then I went out , you see and er er he he was back at the base whil whil whilst this was going on .
26 As Gilbert 's words faded , he was back at the Unit again , listening to the thing which had once been Dr Bissell as it said …
27 Behind his closed eyelids , he was back at the House of Mandru , surrounded by the dusky orange light of the exercise court .
28 He was back at the track to mark the donation of a quarter of a million pounds to refurbish the surface .
29 But five minutes into the film he was as possessed as when he was down at the football stadium watching a match .
30 We heard he was down at the station this morning .
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