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

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1 New works by her are on at American Fine Arts from 6 to 27 March ) while Michael St John , also smitten with folks from ‘ toon town , paints cartoon characters in the act of doing double takes against vast white backgrounds ( at Amy Lipton until the end of the month ) .
2 They have fairly regularly staged , what you might call bigger bands who play the university circuit as such and they 're always , you know , dying for people to come along so there 'll , th there 'll be lists published at what time , what events are on at these places if you wan na go and do that and if you wan na go to the top notch bands , Birmingham 's a good venue for that with the Leisure Centre , the M I A the N E C , the K G B etcetera etcetera all that stuff there so there 's always plenty to do , do n't , do n't feel restricted just cos we 're in er the middle of the city centre in this college and there does n't seem a lot to do , there 's a lot going on .
3 No Chris should have been in at six , that 's when the first team started counting .
4 We 've been in at five past eight , we 've been in past eight .
5 What about livestock would they have been in at that time of year ?
6 Well I was thrown in at the deep end Different persons came in maybe if we had a job in a hurry and they would say , Oh you 're on at such and such a time at this .
7 But the budget will be continually scrutinized er and adjusted to er suit the situation that we 're in at that stage .
8 So get it in there , just before , so you 're up at six o'clock in the mornings are you ?
9 But we were a little ahead of the captain : winter and summer , we 're up at five .
10 well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice
11 " You 're back at last !
12 Thank heavens you 're back at last ! ’
13 Carrie suddenly said , ‘ Your mum and I were worried about you , Seb , but all my dad could keep saying was , ‘ It 's a good job I managed to reach you when I did , or you 'd have been up at that farmhouse for another week . ’ ’
14 On a fine summer weekend only about 8–10% of berth-holders are out at any one point in time .
15 We have n't been out at all .
16 Bernie 's been out at ten o'clock at night before with him .
17 It dawns on us that we are back at temporal beginnings and slipping down the evolutionary tree .
18 I sat on a committee chaired by Paul Fox , a big representative steering group for the Royal Television Society 's Biennial Cambridge Convention ( the only woman ) , which he had asked me to be on at that time .
19 There were problems with the warrant , and the Legal Attaché was going to be down at New Scotland Yard for the morning , and probably for the afternoon .
20 We had an afternoon and evening once a week ; and I had to be in at nine , not a minute later .
21 Oh he goes on at five , he leaves house at five Al , and he must be in at one
22 All bleeding Dave told Ann and he thought Ann told everybody else they had to be in at one o'clock .
23 I think I 'm not she will then come in and let herself in , I have to be in at three
24 She should be in at any time now . ’
25 I , I have n't actually got to be in at any time except I did say I 'd be in at half nine .
26 Dad said that you 'd be in at half nine .
27 I , I have n't actually got to be in at any time except I did say I 'd be in at half nine .
28 Dr Rolleston will be over at ten , with Matron , and they will want to see you .
29 Yeah somebody trustworthy to replace them or erm they will allow so many in actually erm be off at one given time .
30 I was supposed to be off at four , this was six so I thought , two hours overtime .
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