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 . |