Example sentences of "be at [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The reason we drink is we 're at a loose end . ’
2 ‘ We 're at a very early stage in all this , Minister , but can you think of anyone who would have wanted to harm Miss Morgan ? ’
3 We 're at a loose end , Cynthie and me — I 'm up at Trinity , you know , but I 've been ill — ha ha ! — and have to stay down this term .
4 If you 're at a loss with what to do with your hair and make-up on your wedding day , why not pay a visit to the 10th Afro Hair and Beauty Exhibition at The Business Design Centre in London ?
5 They said : ‘ We 're at a fact-finding stage .
6 It was just little homies who thought , because it 's Normski , and they 're at a rock club , it 's cool to throw things and boo . ’
7 ‘ You 're at a party somewhere , are n't you , Carlos ?
8 Oh yes , and the audience have to pretend they 're at a football match .
9 ‘ You 're at a cusp of decision , Jaq .
10 ‘ We 're at a very early stage of exploring this avenue , ’ said a spokesperson .
11 And then they 're at a disadvantage when they have to deal with real life problems . ’
12 I suppose the difficulty about us is that so far as money and possessions are concerned we 're at a more primitive stage than the rest .
13 And er one of the ways you can use is er National Savings Income Bonds , er which are er okay , but they 're , the trouble is they 're at a variable rate , so at the moment they 're paying seven percent , so that 's on National Savings Income Bonds , so that that person would get seven hundred a year at the moment gross , and of course er you do n't need to t to fill in an R eighty five for that type of investment because it 's not a bank or building society account .
14 People have been talking to him about sickness and that if an office has erm people that are off sick a lot more than another office they 're at a disadvantage .
15 because I think that when you look at year eleven we 're at a disadvantage
16 We already have our problems with this show , and we 're at a very pivotal point .
17 Apart from the obvious illegality of such an act , you 're at a very great disadvantage in the use of the software — no manuals etc .
18 You 're at a romantic stage .
19 They pretend they 're at a party in their lunch break .
20 and you 're at A , let's say , let's say , North is that way , okay , and you you set this up and you have a look , you say , where 's that lighthouse , oh it 's on a bearing of forty five degrees , and a lot later when you 've sailed sort of past the lighthouse , or the lighthouse is behind you , you take a bearing , and you still go around clockwise ,
21 Ima okay , suppose you 're at a night club and suppose that you really like somebody you 've been dancing with .
22 If I say you 're wonderful , and you say I 'm wonderful , we 're at a stalemate . ’
23 Cos the others are different generations , they 're at a disadvantage cos they 're the same generation Andy
24 You 're at a stage now in your career where surely you can choose whatever you want to do ?
25 You 're at a loss totally .
26 Essentially if you 're at a , at a high temperature , the real nature of the substance is being masked by a large amount of erm energy , excess energy , a large amount of excitations that cause randomness and cause extra things to happen .
27 ‘ We 're at an interesting point deciding what are the priorities for the next century ’ , he continued , ‘ and the areas to expand are education , and the use of technology in education ’ .
28 ‘ Then it seems we 're at an impasse until … ’ began Rohmer .
29 You 're at the door .
30 ‘ We 're at the final state of putting proposals together . ’
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