Example sentences of "[be] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'll buy some today when we 're at the shops . ’ |
| 2 | And while we 're at the police station I suggest that you have a word with someone there about the fact that you seem to be attracting some unwelcome attention . |
| 3 | You start to think , well of course , had I done so-and-so yesterday , had I done , and I 've missed on so- and-so , so you sort of , review the day for a couple of hours , and then it gets to about four o'clock and now you 're thinking , Oh my God , I 'm at the accountants the next day , I 'll be so tired , I 'll be you know , and it 's too late to do anything about it now , so now you 're having a bad day the next day as well because you 've got yourself all stewed up about that . |
| 4 | and then I 'd know where I am , huh , I just ca n't go to it from this end , right I 'm out tonight , I 'm at the joiners with friends so |
| 5 | Right , I 'm off cos I 'm at the careers night , tonight . |
| 6 | please would you tell Bill I will not be staying at the same hotel as the owners , and that I will again not be going to the president 's lunch , but that I will be at the races , even if he does n't see me . ’ |
| 7 | Guarantee costs of these should normally be at the vendors ' expense . |
| 8 | However , it hardly seems satisfactory to say that it is conscience which tells us that conscience should be at the controls , for presumably self love would say the same of itself if given its head . |
| 9 | ‘ Once upon a time I 'd 've made you turn religious , ’ said Constance , and suddenly it occurred to Scarlet that really she was already religious , as anyone who had borne a child must surely be : not in the conventional sense but rather as a passenger on a train would expect someone to be at the controls . |
| 10 | It was entirely feasible , of course , that it should be at the controls of an interplanetary vehicle of some sort . |
| 11 | Thompson said : ‘ I probably do n't quite realise how nervous I will be at the Oscars . |
| 12 | ‘ If they have horses , ’ Thorfinn said , ‘ they 'll be at the Ochils by now , and at Tayside with two hours to spare before the fleet gets into the river . |
| 13 | I promised Tom I 'd be at the stables at two . |
| 14 | Not all efforts to improve prison conditions are futile , but any success is likely to be at the margins and will depend upon full regard being given to the capacity and population side of the reform equation . |
| 15 | The evidence from the case studies suggests that while change will occur it will only be at the margins , but this may be enough to achieve significant behavioural change in service providers . |
| 16 | If you prefer that the algorithm should not invent new weights , but only select existing weights from the parent strings , then the crossover points marked ’ x ’ may only be at the ends of 8-bit sequences . |
| 17 | I wanted to be at the pictures with my family . |
| 18 | After they were finally discovered to be there , the minister pleaded for them to be allowed to stay the night , and guaranteed they would be at the Children 's Panel Hearing in Kirkwall the next day . |
| 19 | He had not caught a glimpse of Mary but she would be at the Sports . |
| 20 | Oh no they were based in the town , at buildings , used to be at the buildings . |
| 21 | It would be in keeping with Mr Premium to lament that a young man must now be at the years of discretion before he is allowed to ruin himself . |
| 22 | I find it sad that Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie , Britain 's number one tennis players , will not be at the Olympics |
| 23 | However , Parke may soon be at the heels of Del Harris , the 20-year-old England No. 1 who had to battle hard for the second day in succession . |
| 24 | This is a consideration of principle rather than practical reality , since the relevant law is often obscure , and unlikely to be at the fingertips of the qualified lawyer let alone the layman . |
| 25 | With the right sort of software package a world of information can be at the fingertips of the G M B activists involved . |
| 26 | Some men would already be at the boats , others coming down the steep path from the village . |
| 27 | For the next hour or thereabouts I shall be at the Burgers ’ house in Wood Lane . ’ |
| 28 | Like being at a gravediggers ' convention , I thought , when one had marked out one 's first plot . |
| 29 | I very clearly remember being at the records panel when I er er first arrived , and seeing erm Mr reaction when it was a a member of the party to my right which re , said well , as we have financial problems and as , as we have these documents , why ca n't they be photocopied and we 'll sell sell them off . |
| 30 | Instead of being at the controls , he was desperately clinging on while the engines , at full throttle , thrust the boat violently from side to side as a host of faction fighters wrestled to grab the wheel — or in most cases to avoid touching it . |