Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I intend to be at the harbour to meet them . ’ |
| 2 | Her father died when she was two , and , after education at the Bar Convent in York , she was courted at fourteen by the thirty-five-year-old Joseph Radcliffe : ‘ poor , little me ! … like a bird in a cage , I fluttered to be at liberty . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ How I long to be at home and have some plain food . |
| 4 | I want to be at the border by then and that 's two hundred and fifty miles after Tam . ’ |
| 5 | I want to be at my very best tonight . |
| 6 | I have to go back into hospital before Christmas but then I hope to be at home . |
| 7 | And do you know what I believe to be at the root of the problem ? ’ |
| 8 | I meant to be at the station , but these people came to look over the house and I could n't get away . ’ |
| 9 | The first tournament I went to was at Tucson , Arizona , and I became what they call a ‘ parking-lot caddie ’ . |
| 10 | The last one I went to was at the beginning of the Div 2 championship year . |
| 11 | LADY JONES : And I beg to be at the wedding and at the ball afterwards . |
| 12 | I had to be at his beck and call , night and day . |
| 13 | ‘ On the Friday night I had stayed up to watch the late film , and at 3.30am I decided that it was n't worthwhile going to bed as I had to be at John 's house at seven o'clock . |
| 14 | I had to be at his side as he opened his eyes and saw me there in my lonely vigil … |
| 15 | The dread excitement of D-Day came , and I longed to be at Bletchley where I felt I had had a rôle . |
| 16 | But as November 11th came , I longed to be at the City Temple again for the fine organ music , especially by Walford Davis . |
| 17 | I wish to be at home with you indeed , indeed-my Joy is only in the bud here I am like that Tree , which fronts me — The Sun shines bright & warm , as if it were summer — but it is not summer & so it shines on leafless boughs . |
| 18 | I have to be at Alyn Ainsworth 's house tomorrow morning to sort keys for next week 's appearance on ‘ Live from the Palladium ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I understand you want to pop round and see me , but can you tell me what it 's about as I have to be at work on time ? ’ |
| 20 | I have to be at the hospital at four o'clock . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ What a pity I have to be at the Brooksby plant this weekend , ’ he said . |
| 22 | I have to be at the airport before six tomorrow , so I 'm going to bed early . ’ |
| 23 | Mum that was Rach , I , I have to be at her house at seven o'clock , Thursday |
| 24 | I wanted to be at the pictures with my family . |
| 25 | Alright so you tend to be at work . |
| 26 | Thinking about the various stages you go through and then once you 've reached the level of department managers at , on a lot of issues you tend to be at this stage but it 's important to remember that a number of your staff may be down here somewhere . |
| 27 | But she wants to be at home , with her husband , and lots of children , and dogs everywhere . ’ |
| 28 | If you want to be at all selective about what is recorded or about what is viewed , you need to be able to edit in some way . |
| 29 | As she herself says : ‘ Teaching is such an obvious choice if you want to be at home most ofthe time your children are ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ And that was how she came to be at the reception ? ’ |