Example sentences of "[been] at [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still staring at Gwen , her thoughts in chaos , the knowledge that Leo 's interest had been at her parents ' instigation for the moment forgotten , she tried to work out what possible interest planning permission could have for Leo . |
| 2 | First she 'd learned that her grandmother , whom she adored , was dangerously ill , and had been at her bedside ever since . |
| 3 | Guilt because she had not been at her father 's side when death had sent him this violent warning . |
| 4 | He felt a pang of jealousy , which was intensified when he remembered the smart army officers who had been at her husband 's memorial service . |
| 5 | Nancy had been at her wits ' end and nobody seemed able to help . |
| 6 | This had come , very firmly , from Miss Vanessa , while she herself had been at her tapestry . |
| 7 | Alix , who had no idea of what the gossip was to be about , but who could sense its ominous crackling in the distance , wanted to go home , but tiresomely Brian , the party-hater , had managed to find his old friend Otto Werner and was deep in conversation about English social class , European intellectuals , the German education system , public schools , and the appointing of JPs and magistrates , a rich vein which they might have been able to explore for another hour at least , had Alix not been at their elbow , murmuring of departure . |
| 8 | Had the two been at their prime in the same era Scotland 's midfield would have made Dirty Harry look like a wimp . |
| 9 | The idea , however , that the rebels aimed to kill the King is unlikely — not only did the rebels show a positive loyalty to him at Mile End and Smithfield , and adopt as a watchword ‘ King Richard and the True Commons ’ , but they made no attempt to take vengeance on him for the death of Wat Tyler , when he could have been at their mercy . |
| 10 | If 5,000 people ring the Samaritans each day , within 15 years half the adult population of this country will have been at their wits ' end . |
| 11 | Mrs. Browne had been at their Mayfair flat and seen them all off together . |
| 12 | In that case , how does the hon. Gentleman explain how , under both the Labour Government and the Conservative Government , inward investment has been at its peak when there has been a floating currency , where that has been a possibility ? |
| 13 | As we saw in section 2.5 , the sectoral spatial division of labour was already beginning to break down in the UK during the post-war years when Fordism is supposed to have been at its height . |
| 14 | After the original grants to her supporters in the coup d'état of 1762 which placed her on the throne , Catherine made very few presents of this kind during the decade 1762–72 , when her dependence on noble support is usually supposed to have been at its height . |
| 15 | Fear had been at its pitch during the first few hours and days . |
| 16 | cleaning job at oogie erm er ooh Samantha 's been at me coat again . |
| 17 | Another , a younger man , had been at his elbow ever since . |
| 18 | It was the slumber of a man who had been at his cups for some considerable time . |
| 19 | She would have been at his mercy and she did n't suppose he had any such thing . |
| 20 | Geoff , who has been at his pub for 15 years , plans to leave in June . |
| 21 | He was hoping , no doubt , to be told that Mr Wilcox was n't in yet , so that he could leave a message for Vic to ring back , thus putting him on the defensive , knowing that his divisional chief knew that he , Vic , had n't been at his desk as early as him , Stuart Baxter . |
| 22 | It was a clear hour after Bissett would normally have been at his desk . |
| 23 | No , it would n't have surprised me if he 'd been at his easel while I was painting the town red ! |
| 24 | Mr Ashraf 's family have been at his hospital bedside for much of the day . |
| 25 | He had been at his wits ' end , with no reply to Bigwig 's scornful impatience except his readiness to risk his own life in company with Fiver and Pipkin . |
| 26 | Dear little thing he was , just like Jenny had been at his age . |
| 27 | Presidential sources said Gen Eyadema , who seized power in a 1967 coup , had been at his quarters at the base during the attack . |
| 28 | In mitigation Ronald Coia said Mr Siddle had been at his son 's home but decided he had to get away from the festivities . |
| 29 | Detectives have been at his bedside in Middlesbrough General Hospital , where his condition yesterday was ‘ satisfactory ’ . |
| 30 | Neil 's mother Carole Holmes , of Sherburn Road , Durham , had also been at his bedside . |