Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [adv] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why am I here at all ? |
| 2 | Are you not at work yet ? |
| 3 | Why are you here at eight o'clock in the morning ? ’ |
| 4 | A new cooker or whatever can be a tremendous boon and investment but before you go out and spend money ask yourself questions about the way you live : is the pace hectic or leisurely ? how many and what sort of meals do you have to provide ? are you far from a good supermarket or freezer centre ? how much time do you have for shopping ? are you out at work all day ? do you grow your own vegetables ? how often do you entertain ? can you spend time on cooking and food preparation or is it always meals in a hurry ? |
| 5 | ‘ So are you actually at university ? ’ |
| 6 | Are you back at the old business with Klein ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Are you quite at the end of your resources , that you can not provide a meal of fish , or eggs or cheese ? |
| 8 | Are we still at the erm trading accounts for the Christmas Fair or have we move on ? |
| 9 | So what were you up at lunchtime then ? |
| 10 | Were you up at the garage ? |
| 11 | What time were you up at ? |
| 12 | Were you here at Christmas ? |
| 13 | Were you ever at the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford ? ’ |
| 14 | How long wer were you actually at then ? |
| 15 | ‘ WHY OH WHY DID THEY TRY TO CHANGE THE WORLD BY REPEATEDLY CONTRADICTING THEMSELVES ( AND WERE WE REALLY AT THE SAME GIG ? ) |
| 16 | Nor were they altogether at ease in the neighbourhood , for though there was no reason to suppose that the verderers would return in search of them after their escape — after all why should they suppose the children would return to the very spot where they had been captured ? — the shock of the moment when Michael 's voice had spoken to them out of the darkness still hung about the place . |
| 17 | What time 's he on at then ? |
| 18 | Yet is it not at the foot of the Cross that the theology of Joshua 6 falls and dies ? |
| 19 | And if the latter is the case , is it not at least something of an over-simplification to say that Britain is a democracy , as if the problematic relationship of British realities to the basic democratic principle or ideal can be simply ignored or brushed aside ? |
| 20 | Is it on at the moment ? |
| 21 | Is he not at business ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why no … is he not at home ? ’ |
| 23 | Is he out at the back ? ’ |
| 24 | Is he still at coal hou |
| 25 | Was she there at ballet ? |
| 26 | Making up her mind , she said fiercely , ‘ It was him up at the manor . |
| 27 | And why was he there at all ? |
| 28 | Why was it here at all ? |
| 29 | Was it right at the end of a distinguished public servant 's long career to reduce him to such misery ? |
| 30 | Was it always at night they went ? |