Example sentences of "be at the [noun] [conj] " 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 | They tend to be at the top and then there 's sort of little bits and pieces go at the bottom . |
| 3 | ‘ Fifteen minutes after finishing a meeting , we can be at the airport and on a plane , ’ he says . |
| 4 | She had half hoped he would be at the station but there was no sign of him . |
| 5 | But you would n't be at the Slade if you had n't . |
| 6 | Others may find the part time or flexible hours the main incentive , or be at the beginning or end of a working life . |
| 7 | Therefore I 'm afraid were going to have to pass Sue 's book around , we 'll leave the lights on and erm she 's changed the scripture of her talks so that she will be describing the picture why 'll its been passed round and could you please sort of pass it fairly quickly , I 'll be at the back and then I 'll come down into the front again , is there anyone who 's a poet ? |
| 8 | Most of the call-outs we deal with tend to be at the weekend and at the end of the day when people are tired . |
| 9 | While I was supposed to be at the beck and call of not only my husband but even his parents , his going around with other women was just taken for granted . |
| 10 | Sarah would be at the Polytechnic and the children at school , but what about Peter Fleming ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Of the 35,000 who have been accepted , about 26,000 are expected to be at the start and these will include one of Britain 's most famous athletes , David Bedford , who has slimmed down for his first big race since he retired 11 years ago . |
| 14 | It was Britain which had made sure finance ministers would be at the summit so the recovery talks can go ahead , he said . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Well a cos then you can pick them up altogether if , are you with me , if you 're doing the rounds for your friends cos some of them 'll be on there and some 'll be Pick them up from the front , it 's just that some of the stuff will be at the front and some of it wo n't . |
| 17 | Not all efforts to improve prison conditions are futile , but any success is likely to be at the margins and will depend upon full regard being given to the capacity and population side of the reform equation . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And would the would your father be at the funeral as well or would he |
| 20 | That 's right , and until he does that , until he does , as it were , grasp the mettle and begin to express his purposes , his procedures , directly to the computer , he will always be at the risk that what gets expressed is not what he quite wanted , just a little bit different , he and he alone , is the person who knows what the company purposes are . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | LADY JONES : And I beg to be at the wedding and at the ball afterwards . |
| 24 | The car would of slowly slowed down to be at the speed that the engine |
| 25 | Now it happens that everyone 's instinctive belief that the best site is at the ‘ centre of gravity ’ of the sources and markets is incorrect in this problem — the best site tends to be at the source or at a dominant market in many cases : this point failed totally to emerge . |
| 26 | It may be at the time that they hear the person is going to die ; it may be when they suddenly recognize that the person has become very ill ; it can be at almost any stage when the threat of loss comes into their mind . |