Example sentences of "[verb] he be at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alleged hitman accused of pushing a young couple over a cliff in a burning car has claimed he was at home smoking drugs at the time . |
| 2 | I imagine he was at home with his highly attractive wife . ’ |
| 3 | Afterwards , when they were alone , Marshall said : ‘ If that was an accurate account , one person had ample opportunity to take the knife off the bar and we already know he was at Linley 's party . ’ |
| 4 | He found himself wishing he was at home again , at Polly 's home , and could creep stealthily into the twins ' room and sit there as he sometimes had at night , on the floor among their discarded toys and cuddly animals , with his back to the wall , listening to the sound of their breathing . |
| 5 | I see that Wetherall got MOTM for the game on Saturday from one of the tabloids , so much for me saying he was at fault for the goals . |
| 6 | I suppose he was at Jefferson 's . |
| 7 | He is allegedly being held in a secret location in Riyadh where it is feared he is at risk of torture and execution . |
| 8 | It seems he is at play while I am asleep . |
| 9 | The last time I saw him was at Walton Studios a few months before they closed down and the was he was doing he said he was unable to get a film to direct , so he was going to be Herbert Wilcox first assistant director on his forthcoming production . |
| 10 | The tribunals are meant to provide simple informal justice in an atmosphere in which the ordinary man feels he is at home … an atmosphere which does not shut out the ordinary man so that he is prepared to conduct his own case before them with a reasonable prospect of success . |
| 11 | As far as I knew he 's at present on the Charlotte T. — all our ships are called something T. , as you probably know — on a trip to Hamburg . " |
| 12 | Oh I thought he was at school , you know , bigger boy at school . |
| 13 | When a leader in the Independent accuses Freddie Mercury of being a bad example because of homosexual acts committed in strictly guarded privacy before he realised he was at risk , it is using science as a screen for unexamined prejudice . |
| 14 | When I 'd finished he hummed and hawed a bit , but finally admitted he was at fault and promised to apologise to you as well . |
| 15 | And a bit later on I says to him I think he 's at Cadets . |
| 16 | er and the , the son , I think he was at college himself |
| 17 | She even thought up ways in which — had he been at home — he might have managed the rescue more easily and with far greater certainty . |
| 18 | White said he was at home smoking drugs when the attack took place . |
| 19 | But Young and Smyth denied knowing anything about the attack or the woman 's death , and the court heard that Young , a self-confessed drug addict , said he was at home suffering from withdrawal symptoms on the day of the mugging . |
| 20 | He said he was at Dynmouth Comprehensive himself , a terrible dump . |
| 21 | For a moment , he almost wished he were at home , but then he shook his head as if to rid himself of the thought . |
| 22 | Corunna 's Civil Governor , Pilar Lledo , said : ‘ There is evidence to show he is at fault . ’ |
| 23 | In fact he had sent a message via the Chief Whip telling him that if he felt he must abstain he was at liberty to do so . |