Example sentences of "been [adv prt] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I would rather have been down at the villa making figgy hedgehogs for Tony but a promise is a promise . |
2 | Maggie immediately thought of the lack of seagulls she 'd noticed when she 'd been down at the sea-front . |
3 | His wife in her innocence told us he had been down at the steamer when we landed and had slipped out of sight , and next morning he had left at six o'clock to go and visit a small island North of Jura where he had never been known to go before . " |
4 | It was just that , well , I heard he 'd been down at the police station this morning . |
5 | ‘ She might have been down at the jetty a couple of hours ago . |
6 | then she said they 've been down at the this time of year |
7 | Madeira can claim to have been in at the birth of modern tourism , along with such famous nineteenth-century resorts as Baden-Baden , the Italian Lakes and the French Riviera . |
8 | " We in Christian Aid are proud to have been in at the start of this magazine which campaigns relentlessly for a better , fairer , environmentally purer and politically more aware world . |
9 | A legend in the power boat world , Shurdington signwriter , John has been in at the top of his sport for over 30 years . |
10 | ‘ Been up at the School today , ’ replied the visitor . |
11 | ‘ He 's been up at the School ! |
12 | Slorne , who had been up at the back of her cage most of the day as usual , suddenly opened her wings , swung round and dropped down to the front of her cage . |
13 | Had she accepted , he might have been back at The priory now , with her as his bride . |
14 | I should have been back at the office . |
15 | Pam had been out at a friend 's all evening . |
16 | I must 've been out at the wrong time . |
17 | If you ask medical staff how often they have seen someone die , rather than if they have been around at the time , surprisingly few will say they witnessed the actual event . |
18 | ‘ On my fourteenth birthday — you 've always been around at the most important moments in my life , Harry . ’ |
19 | Had he been around at the time of my capture I do n't believe I 'd have made it very far . |
20 | For those of us old enough to have been around at the time of the birth of rock ‘ n ’ roll , the idea of an advanced course in the music which made both us and our parents jump ( but in opposite directions ) may be hard to accommodate . |
21 | If International had been around at the time of the Vikings , there 's little doubt whose paint would have been used to keep those marauding longships in prime condition . |
22 | I mean there were only been about at the most ten who were suffering from burns . |