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

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1 I have been on at Desmond about it , as a matter of fact , which I suppose is what she wanted .
2 David Bates 's concisely bold figure studies Marsden Heartly often seems to haunt his work are on at Cowles and Susan Rothenberg 's nervous-making fractured figurations are at Sperone Westwater ( both shows from 2–30 May ) .
3 Recent abstractions by Cora Cohen are at McCoy until 20 March and , until the same date , the ever brighter , ever quirkier biomorphisms of Carroll Dunham are on at Sonnabend .
4 New black-and-white prints by him are on at Arthur Roger until the 24th .
5 Landscape , of course , is his forte and a show of recent works in this department ( oil paintings and graphics ) are on at Marlborough starting 6 January and continuing until the end of the month .
6 Francois Morellet is showing ‘ Relache ’ , a series of recent works whose title pays homage to Picabia , at Liliane and Michel Durand-Dessert ( 16 January to 20 February ) while Vera Rohm 's ‘ Foto-tele ’ , monumental sculptures , are on at Nikki Diana Marquadt until the middle of January , together with large panels by Horst Haack , taken from pages of one of his albums , covered with sketches , quotations , poems and newspaper cuttings .
7 Meanwhile Davies has been busy with the camera and his latest 16 x 20 inch black-and-white prints of sharply-shadowed New York store fronts are on at Sonnabend through to the end of the month .
8 Apparently he 's been down at Streatley since the weekend , but Joanne says he should be back today .
9 ‘ Has he been down at Streatley ? ’
10 I went to Scotland Yard this morning and saw an Inspector and told him all about our suspicions , and about how we knew Nigel had been down at Streatley that Saturday — ’
11 The gate may have been down at Sanford Smith 's fourth annual Works on Paper exhibition in New York 's Park Avenue Armory from 3 to 5 April , but most of the participants had little to complain about .
12 It 's really confusing , cos kids are they 'll all of been in at play time today wo n't they ?
13 Holes 4 to 12 are down at sea level , the rest on the cliff tops and exposed to swirling sea breezes which punish injudicious ambition .
14 He and a dozen others are down at Lewisham nick , ‘ helping with enquiries ’ .
15 The crystals made for Superman are down at £800-£1,200 — but , as every film buff knows , they do contain the accumulated knowledge of 28 galaxies .
16 The decorator that are in at Peter 's at the moment erm they do everything .
17 But Keegan is undeterred and he stressed that the selling days are over at St James ' Park .
18 then we 're over at Ellen 's er Christmas Eve
19 I mean if we 're out at work , we 're out at work or if w we 've gone out shopping or something like that .
20 I mean if we 're out at work , we 're out at work or if w we 've gone out shopping or something like that .
21 There 's a nursery as well with places for a hundred children aged between one and eight.The smallest children are taken off their mothers hands while they 're out at work and given a meal each day .
22 Now You 're Back at Work
23 Well thank you very much Erlend , for sharing time with us this Thursday lunchtime , and we 'll wish you a very speedy recovery and hope it wo n't be too long , in fact , before you 're back at work .
24 ‘ I hear you 're back at Swift — are you really Flint 's secretary ? ’
25 Your flag is being taken to the top of the hill by bands like Def Leppard and you 're back at home going , ‘ Aaah … f**k 'em — they sold out . ’
26 Work is over ; you 're back at home with your comfy clothes on .
27 They 're back at Heathrow .
28 I expect Jenny , her kids are off at school now are n't they ?
29 You are only fifteen , and if your parents will not take responsibility for you , and you will not tell us what you are up at night , the only alternative is for you to go into care .
30 Answer : their three-year terms are up at mid-summer .
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