Example sentences of "to [be] a [noun] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had Paul Gascoigne pulling someone 's shorts down the other night , and that was deemed to be a prankster at work . |
| 2 | It was by chance and with the support of a visiting teacher of drawing who also happened to be a lecturer at Goldsmiths College that I succeeded in getting a place at art school , the first and last totally blind student to have ever done so in Britain . |
| 3 | If he was not to be a lecturer at Cambridge because they did not think him academic enough , and if he was not to be a parish priest because he could not keep teenagers in order and because the adults were said not to understand him and because he felt a teaching vocation , where was his right place ? |
| 4 | There is said to be a grandmother at Ross Carbery who can sing the whole of ‘ The Battle of Ross Carbery ’ , another local ballad . |
| 5 | But , generally speaking , you 're expected to be a self-starter at college . |
| 6 | The way to do this is to be a worshipper at home . |
| 7 | All you need to know to be a whizz at Commander Keen . |
| 8 | It is no coincidence that there is a letter signed by 11 paediatricians , a letter from a psychologist and letters in the local press attacking the Hon. Member for Middlesbrough ( Mr. Bell ) and me , and that there is to be a seminar at Teesside polytechnic next weekend , at which the guest speaker is : |
| 9 | What advantage is it to be a man , over it is to be a boy at school , if we have only ‘ scaped the ferule [ cane ] to come under the fescue [ rod ] of an Imprimatur ? |
| 10 | After his long , slow climb Stoneley had found himself to be a novice at office in-fighting , some examples of which could make the brutal intentions of a common criminal seem almost harmless . |
| 11 | Mistaken for the famous lyre player , Maximus Pettulian , the Doctor is invited to be a guest at Nero 's court ; an invitation he gleefully accepts until the daunting worry hits him that he might actually be expected to play ( the Doctor can not play a note ) . |
| 12 | He had studied to be a surgeon at Goettingen , and continued to practise occasionally . |
| 13 | He did eventually speak to Klein , who after some persuasion accepted his apologies , and then went on to tell him there was to be a party at Taylor and Clem 's house the following day , and he was sure Gentle would be welcome if he had no other plans . |
| 14 | A grandfather clock had to be a bargain at £175 while a delph clock set made £170 . |
| 15 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 16 | However , the court will look very carefully at any agreement that is alleged to be a tenancy at will , particularly if the circumstances are not the classic circumstances of holding over or holding pending negotiation . |
| 17 | Cast out the rowing machine that sits gathering dust in your bedroom , put your oar in and the real thing — you do n't have to be an undergraduate at Oxbridge . |
| 18 | Do you think that there is a disadvantage to being a woman at school , so far as a science subject 's concerned ? |