Example sentences of "you [be] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have you been at work this morning ? ’ |
| 2 | Have you been at work or did you . |
| 3 | ‘ How long have you been at Templeton 's ? ’ |
| 4 | Have you been at OBEX long ? ’ |
| 5 | I reckon you 're slightly taller in the morning than you are at night . |
| 6 | One way to regain verbal and physical communication is to show warmth by touching more often , sitting close together when watching television , and taking the trouble to look nice , not just when you are going out , but to please each other when you are at home together . |
| 7 | Years when you are at home and getting home responsibilities protection will not be counted , but years when you are unemployed or working part-time will , and will bring down the average , so you will end up with a lower pension . |
| 8 | This means that while you are out for the evening , anyone who may be watching the house will be unsure as to whether you are at home or not , because various lights will go on and off at different times . |
| 9 | It is hard , too , when you are at home , to go to the practice range . |
| 10 | YOU are at home when a man bursts in brandishing a knife . |
| 11 | Use days when you are at home but busy with other things to knit pieces which need a little attention , like body pieces which need a welt and shaping . |
| 12 | But still this expression tells you ‘ what happened ’ only if you are at home in the special conceptual world that belongs to these situations . |
| 13 | The worst thing is I suppose that you 've got to do the work because you are at home . |
| 14 | When you are at home , you can draw up to £200 a day at Midland cash machines , provided you have sufficient funds in your account . |
| 15 | I do not know whether you are at home or in London , so I am sending copies of this letter to both places . |
| 16 | ‘ You are at home in this land , Maggie . |
| 17 | Whereas when you are at home |
| 18 | If they do not and you are at first-floor level , climb on to the window sill and let yourself hang feet first , facing the wall , before letting go to lessen the height of your fall . |
| 19 | Surely , a guide would be helpful , but only if you are at Caroline 's side , as well . |
| 20 | But I thought good structure control overall , painted pictures well erm and I think perhaps just probe a bit more just a little bit stronger than you are at painting pictures but as you see a picture paints a thousand words . |
| 21 | There will probably be times , when you are at school , that they will be in charge of him so it 's very important they should enjoy this part of his education and development , too . |
| 22 | It 's not like when you are at school . |
| 23 | The aim of this booklet is to explain to you , if you are at school or in higher education , how becoming an actuary can be the path to a satisfying as well as a financially rewarding career . |
| 24 | ‘ When you are at boarding school you are desperately lonely so you fantasise about what a relationship will be like , ’ says Piers Partridge . |
| 25 | You are at times an exceptionally fiery-headed young woman . ’ |
| 26 | She said , I do n't care whether you are at university , there are certain areas that you need to know a lot more background before you can do it at this level . |
| 27 | You see , if three guests suddenly leave , after their fishing holiday , when you are at position four on the board , your name is catapulted to top position — missing out on second- and third-best positions , which is bad news given the quality of all the fishing available . |
| 28 | They are prepared to pay the same amount of rent as you are at present receiving from it . ’ |
| 29 | And so it is my conclusion that you are at present a man without funds , clearly ignorant of the axiom that ‘ there is no such thing as a free lunch ’ . ’ |
| 30 | Either way , the amount of money you can borrow will be based , if you are at work , upon a multiple of your earnings — usually two-and-a-half to three times the value of your gross earnings per year . |