Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [be] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't know ‘ what statement Mr. Gibbon had made to the other gentlemen or what reasoning they could have employed so as to sign a paper declaring the fact of urinous vomiting to be utterly impossible — here I must be at issue with them believing as I do … from my little physiological knowledge , that vomiting of urine for 26 weeks is by no means impossible … ’ . |
| 2 | My father may well wish for me a second marriage , and to that end I must be at offer soon , and with a proper dowry . |
| 3 | I thought by now I should be at home , I thought by now I should have secured peace , or died honourably in the attempt . |
| 4 | had something else that I was just doing and I thought Oh I should be at Ian 's for five o'clock . |
| 5 | I 'll be at ringside , I 'll embarrass him into fighting me . |
| 6 | But this would now seem directed against the invalid so I hold back , thinking , in two years I will be at the comprehensive and only five years after that — providing I pass the scholarship exam , which I easily should — I 'll be at boarding school , and then I 'll be free , free to scratch and do whatever I like . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be at home . |
| 8 | I 'll be at home , idiot , or er , it 's in Kent so I can get dad to pick them up for me |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 'll be at work . ’ |
| 10 | And I 'll be at work myself most of the time . |
| 11 | So I 'll be at work that Sunday . |
| 12 | Not me cos I 'll be at work . |
| 13 | Erm I do n't think I can cos I 'll be at work . |
| 14 | I 'll be at church . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll be at St Paul 's about 6 p.m. ’ he said and was cut off as his money ran out . |
| 16 | I 'll be at Aldergrove about four , do you want to pick me up ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It 's wrong of me , but I wish I could be at Lady Mead , Goddy . |
| 18 | WHAT AM I DOING HERE , I COULD BE AT HOME BEING IGNORED BY THE FAMILY |
| 19 | I could be at home playing with my computerised banking system or working out how my new pocket modem works over a glass or two of fermented Bulgarian Ribena . |
| 20 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 21 | ‘ And so do I. Before he was born I decided he would come first and that , if it was at all possible , I 'd be at home with him throughout his early years . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why did you think I 'd be at Julius 's London flat ? ’ |
| 23 | And when the fire has died down , I shall be at peace . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I shall be at Riddle 's yard . ’ |
| 25 | Wycliffe made up his mind : ‘ I shall be at Trebyan for a while . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I will be at Atlanta in 1996 and at the 2000 Games , still chasing the gold . ’ |
| 27 | Between four and five you will definitely find me indoors , and I will be at home . |
| 28 | I will be at home on Thursday afternoon and first thing Friday morning . |
| 29 | We 're hoping to say with on Thursday night , and then Friday & Saturday I will be at Hanbury Manor ( what a hardship ! ) , sharing with Heather the first night and Auntie the second . |
| 30 | From next month I will be at Vine Street ! |