Example sentences of "[verb] be at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But Alicia Lockwood at seventy-nine had been as strong-willed as she had been at any time of her life . |
| 32 | This did not mean a dramatic drop in popularity : indeed , his approval rating was higher in 1966 and early 1967 than it had been at any point since the Algerian crisis . |
| 33 | He had been at this cure for a mere four years but his reputation was growing fast . |
| 34 | Ambiguous as to whether or not Singer drowned himself , it looks at an era — 1964 to 1979 — during which the spirit of rapacious capitalism he personified was at any rate submerged . |
| 35 | Now remember I am the leader of a party that has been in the front line against his violence for twenty years , and have been at many risks , as have been members of my party , but when I say that that dialogue is the best hope they 've seen for peace for twenty years . |
| 36 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 37 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 38 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 39 | Supporters of gun control are in a stronger position now than they have been at any time since 1968 , after the shootings of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | I have been at those dinners where the merits of our contemporaries are discussed , and where Du Camp , as each new name was suggested , would with infinite urbanity correct the general view . |
| 42 | The range of decorative techniques which have been at some time applied to metalwork is a subject for many books , not just a few pages . |
| 43 | I have been at this job long enough , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , to know in advance what the different phases will be . |