Example sentences of "he [is] [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though after a moment of considering her question , seemed to think that there was no harm in revealing , ‘ I believe the dog does not take well to city life — he is up at the house . ’ |
| 2 | Graveney insists that Hick should go back to basics , and remain in that classic position he is in at the start of the bowler 's run-up — to stand sideways-on , bat on the ground , knees slightly bent , feet about shoulder width apart , and head up and still with both eyes level . |
| 3 | She used the noise as camouflage for what she felt to be her betrayal of her grandfather 's trust : ‘ He 's up at Pine Ridge . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He 's up at the section-house . |
| 5 | I mean you 've got to keep the Home Fires Burning , Grin and Bear it , make him Feel Welcome — although see when he 's up at midnight frying eggs and he spatters grease all over my good ceramic hob I could brain him so I could — but I just tell myself he 's Not Home Forever and I bite my tongue . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's up at Grande Prairie , seeing to his new garage and car lot . ’ |
| 7 | He 's off at he 's up at nine o'clock . |
| 8 | You know , he 's so uncomfortable he 's up at the crack of the dawn because that floor is really getting into him ! |
| 9 | All three of us , we have another partner , Michael Roberts , who is n't with us ; actually he 's up at Aintree at the moment watering the course but all three of us are highly excited . |
| 10 | and he ha he has n't been trained up fully yet so he , you know but plus , the course he 's on at er college is n't doing him any good . |
| 11 | drinks Pils when he 's out at the wine bar |
| 12 | He 's out at the moment but he 'll be in later and he 'll phone either tonight or in the morning . ’ |
| 13 | He 's out at a concert . |
| 14 | Every afternoon he 's out at sea doing practice runs … |
| 15 | Which is understandable considering the vein he 's in at the moment . |
| 16 | " He does live here — upstairs — but I should n't think he 's in at the moment . |
| 17 | These golfing gatherings are followed by the cocktail party where amateurs want to get pleasantly tiddled with Greg Norman who , in turn , intends to remain one-beer sober because he 's off at 8.10 a.m. in the main event next day and knows drinking and driving can lead to out-of-bounds at first light . |
| 18 | Now retired as chaplain of Kingham School he 's off at last with his crew … |
| 19 | He 's off at he 's up at nine o'clock . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's down at the roundabout . |
| 21 | ‘ Onstage , ’ Fred reflects , ‘ he 's this outrageous lunatic camp person , but half an hour after the gig he 's back at the hotel reading Somerset Maugham and Rob and I are being disgusting to some barmaid completely off our head . ’ |
| 22 | He 's back at the main menu , he 's calling up the directory , the very List of Lists , the brain surgeon 's own encephalogram . |
| 23 | He thinks he 's back at college , giving a lecture . |
| 24 | Crossing the kitchen two days before Christmas on her way out to the dairy , Dora said , ‘ He 's back at Trelorne , Miss Alexandra . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , he 's back at the hotel . ’ |
| 26 | He 's back at work now in the Hong Kong offices . ’ |
| 27 | Now he 's back at home and feeling much better . |