Example sentences of "[noun] be [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Northumbria quickly produced , in the monk Bede ( d.735 ) , one of the great scholars of the early Middle Ages , and by the time of his death English missionaries were themselves at work attempting to convert the continental Germans . |
| 2 | On HP the aircraft is yours at once , and once a specified sum has been paid to the finance company , the finance company must go to court to reclaim the balance if you can no longer keep up the payments . |
| 3 | So what chapter is it at the top ? |
| 4 | What work is in progress , and what stage of completion is it at ? |
| 5 | In fact , I think the book satisfactorily proves that 30,000 British POWs of the Germans in 1945 were liberated by the Soviets and never actually returned : they simply disappeared into labour camps ( the official figure is none at all ) . |
| 6 | Included in that hundred-day programme was what at first sight seemed substantial changes in his own bailiwick — a clutch of new ministries , of which the Department of Economic Affairs ( DEA ) was the most important . |
| 7 | When I tried asking the girls I interviewed about them I was often met with a shrug , or a short ‘ no problem ’ reply , as if periods were nothing at all , of no significance , and certainly none to a book on looks , fashion and body-image . |
| 8 | Many of today 's parents were themselves at school in the 1960s , the height of the ‘ horticultural ’ era of education . |
| 9 | The mountains were ours at our feet . |
| 10 | Which pit are you at ? |
| 11 | And er what pit was he at ? |
| 12 | The funeral service was nothing at all in the way of a ceremony , because Harry refused to allow his family to attend , let alone contribute to the cost , and Martha was as good as a pauper . |
| 13 | And what end of Chilwell are you at ? |
| 14 | Richard and Beth were hers at last , the family she had been cruelly denied ; because of love , and guilt and shame , they were closer now than they had ever been . |
| 15 | The underlying principle of such models is that companies that have a financial profile similar to previous failures are themselves at risk . |
| 16 | The Cabinet Reshuffle : Nearly Man is there at last |
| 17 | Italian maritime aircraft were soon out in force searching for the British Fleet , but not until after midday was it at last spotted . |
| 18 | What size was she at the time of change ? |
| 19 | ‘ Which university were you at ? ’ he asked . |
| 20 | ‘ Which university were you at ? ’ |
| 21 | So I think erm Hertfordshire 's voice should be heard and however , my resolution asks us to look at the possibility of opposing not only the building of terminal five but all further airport expansion in the South East be it at Heathrow , Stansted , Gatwick or Luton . |
| 22 | The question is Keith , from my committee , where the hell were you at in our hour of need ? |
| 23 | On July 25th , 1908 , the rails forced their way into Denwood , and those who had been waiting so long and patiently considered that the prizes were theirs at last . |
| 24 | I mentioned to her about renting , she said that she had n't , you know , took that idea out the window but she said the only thing is your at the beck and call of the landlord . |
| 25 | ‘ You must be joking ! — What hospital 's she at , anyway ? ’ |
| 26 | What year are you at school now ? |
| 27 | ‘ Later on I took a vacation to Los Angeles and called George up and he said , ‘ What hotel are you at right now ? |
| 28 | ‘ What hotel is she at ? |
| 29 | ( The United States Geological Survey definition of a small-scale map is one at a scale of 1:250,000 or smaller , and a large-scale map is one at 1:25,000 or larger . |
| 30 | ( The United States Geological Survey definition of a small-scale map is one at a scale of 1:250,000 or smaller , and a large-scale map is one at 1:25,000 or larger . |