Example sentences of "been at the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fish have to be caught by longlining to preserve their quality for drying , and landings have not yet been at the level that was hoped for . |
| 2 | Ken had been at the auditions that Michael Codron organized , when he was looking for a feed for Williams . |
| 3 | Well , this is the thing , we have a caretaker but er fo for his services , but I 've been at the council and I have got nowhere , I have from the corporation , there 's an awful lot of people complaining but they 'll do nothing about it ! |
| 4 | Spencer denied having been at the scene when the attack took place but the jury took just less than twenty minutes to convict him . |
| 5 | If what he told Rose was true , he could n't have been at the belvedere after about a quarter to nine . |
| 6 | Cos it was due to sail on the same day , on the Sunday , you know what I mean and er it was these locks as I 'm telling you about and her a very , very famous firm and er my correspondence come from London because he had offices was there , you know and erm our erm I 've been at the service as I , if I might say so , but in most people it 's surprising how it get 's round and er the jobs that I 've had to do . |
| 7 | You have spent most of your day sitting in your office while I , from seven o'clock this morning until ten tonight , have been at the beck and call of two old women ; I have seen to the needs of my child , and in between times I have cooked the meals and done whatever I could towards keeping this mausoleum clean . ’ |
| 8 | It may have been at the chapel that Father began to court Mother . |
| 9 | Percy Sugden 's been at the vodka and he 's complaining yet again |
| 10 | But he had n't been at the PCC because of recovering , still , from the flu . |
| 11 | Both had been at the hospital until after midnight , though they had understood from the moment they arrived that their son was dead . |
| 12 | Andy told me Howie and another two locals jumped a couple of travellers who 'd been at the party as well . |
| 13 | Jed would have been at the party if it had not been his duty evening with the Safeguards . |
| 14 | Then he remembered ; appropriately enough it had been at the party when Slater had first introduced Graham and Sara to each other . |
| 15 | I mean we hardly went into another shop and yet , you see , we have a young chappie like yourself who comes to the Guild once every year and shows us slides of old Walsall , Walsall Wood , Aldridge , the local area , and he said I 'm not very good Ruth at talking but he he 'd got the slides you know , and it , it used to end up with me doing the commentary on Walsall Wood , because you stand on the of Walsall Wood , which is there now , and your Co-op was right on the corner which is why I call it the corner store and you see people congregated there , people met there and when I 'd been accused of the , we 'd been at the college or at other conferences and why ca n't we get Guild members today , well that was the breeding ground your shop , you see . |