Example sentences of "been [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She might have been down at the jetty a couple of hours ago . |
| 2 | Maggie immediately thought of the lack of seagulls she 'd noticed when she 'd been down at the sea-front . |
| 3 | I would rather have been down at the villa making figgy hedgehogs for Tony but a promise is a promise . |
| 4 | His wife in her innocence told us he had been down at the steamer when we landed and had slipped out of sight , and next morning he had left at six o'clock to go and visit a small island North of Jura where he had never been known to go before . " |
| 5 | It was just that , well , I heard he 'd been down at the police station this morning . |
| 6 | A legend in the power boat world , Shurdington signwriter , John has been in at the top of his sport for over 30 years . |
| 7 | Madeira can claim to have been in at the birth of modern tourism , along with such famous nineteenth-century resorts as Baden-Baden , the Italian Lakes and the French Riviera . |
| 8 | " We in Christian Aid are proud to have been in at the start of this magazine which campaigns relentlessly for a better , fairer , environmentally purer and politically more aware world . |
| 9 | Slorne , who had been up at the back of her cage most of the day as usual , suddenly opened her wings , swung round and dropped down to the front of her cage . |
| 10 | ‘ Been up at the School today , ’ replied the visitor . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's been up at the School ! |
| 12 | Had she accepted , he might have been back at The priory now , with her as his bride . |
| 13 | I should have been back at the office . |
| 14 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
| 15 | Had he been around at the time of my capture I do n't believe I 'd have made it very far . |
| 16 | For those of us old enough to have been around at the time of the birth of rock ‘ n ’ roll , the idea of an advanced course in the music which made both us and our parents jump ( but in opposite directions ) may be hard to accommodate . |
| 17 | If International had been around at the time of the Vikings , there 's little doubt whose paint would have been used to keep those marauding longships in prime condition . |