Example sentences of "[conj] we have [be] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the repayments that were made of borrowing during that period , in the midst of a recession we are now in a better position to borrow prudently — than we have been at any stage in the past : to borrow prudently and to maintain our commitment to a balanced budget in the medium term . |
| 2 | ‘ If we had been at home Rachel might have been spending the day with us instead . ’ |
| 3 | Ever since we 'd been at university together , I 'd known him as a bit of a shower freak , staying in there for ages . |
| 4 | Despite the fact that all are senior and serious Labour figures , since we have been at war , they have been either confined to briefs or otherwise disciplined . |
| 5 | After we had been at school for about three years Arnold Hodson , who had been Consul in Southern Abyssinia , was staying with us at the beginning of the holidays . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , as we have been at pains to argue , to do so would be only to impose our own interpretation of reality on the reader . |