Example sentences of "[be] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first month of the pool starts on April 4th and thereafter someone will be at each Mass to collect subscriptions . |
| 2 | We always promised to be at each other 's wedding , and if I do n't turn up she 'll be upset . |
| 3 | This tells us nothing about the degree of harmony in the village — everyone might be at each other 's throats — but it does indicate that within the village there is a reasonably close-knit social pattern , rather than a disparate group of individuals who happen , coincidentally , to live in the same locality . |
| 4 | Any minute now and they 'll be at each other 's throats again . |
| 5 | It was not plain sailing and orthodox and ‘ liberal ’ Communists will be at each others ' throats — at local level — until they hold a full congress next January to determine new policies once and for all and to approve new leaders . |
| 6 | Extraordinarily enough for a couple who were supposed to be at such odds , they seem to have no problem over their conversation . |
| 7 | Except suddenly she thought of the receptionist who would normally be at that desk . |
| 8 | If the zero reference point is arranged to be at that assembly point then the assembly procedures are eased . |
| 9 | I 'm just not persuaded Marcus has it in him to be at that level of intensity ’ |
| 10 | 'she wanted an excuse to be at that bus-stop when Billy got off , because she knew what was going to happen . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose Rupert Stonebird will be at that conference in Perugia now , ’ said Penelope casually . |
| 12 | So I 'm gon na get I 'm gon na be at that thing by about seven o'clock if I get on the train by I doubt I very much doubt it I 'm getting the train . |
| 13 | Then he disappointed her by saying he was checking whether it was possible for someone to go in and out unobserved , and how crowded it would be at that time of day . |
| 14 | But then you see the town was on er on er on D C. And they 'd be at that time they they were beginning to change over to A C , the whole country 's A C now . |
| 15 | ( i ) The public may leave at the end of the performance or exhibition by all exit doors and such doors must be at that time open . |
| 16 | I decided not to go in there on the grounds that Tommy would not , and Tommy off duty in Tommy 's off-duty clothes was what I most definitely wanted to be at that moment . |
| 17 | Well they must be at that age . |
| 18 | Wiltshire police officers will be at that hearing . |
| 19 | Well do you want me to be at that meeting then ? |
| 20 | I wonder if the Archers ' script writers will be at that meeting looking for ideas ? |
| 21 | It 's the likes o' them should be at those meetin 's , an' if your people manages ter convert just a couple o' drunkards each time then they 've done a good job . |
| 22 | It was Spaniards who proved Wellington 's own maxim : ‘ the more ground the French hold , the weaker they will be at any point ’ . |
| 23 | Irrespective of the means provided to bring automatic roof vents and sprinkler systems into operations , automatic fire detection able to sense the presence of a smouldering fire may be important to reduce damage to some forms of goods if the premises are to be at any time unoccupied . |
| 24 | There 's a Danish proverb , you know , that states that fish and guests smell after three days and er we all know the visits which have begun so successfully from friends and relatives , it need n't be Christmas , it could be at any time of the year , which are often ruined by people lingering on well past their sell-by date . |
| 25 | Woodlands , however , can be at some distance , as people will only need to fetch firewood , poles , and so on for tools and fencing , or timber for construction , periodically . |
| 26 | Similarly , extensive pastures can be at some distance , since animals can be walked there and kept there for some time by herdsmen . |
| 27 | Sandison finds that the probability of citation will be halved by the transfer of library material to the Reserve Stock shelves , which may be at some distance from the main library shelving , or which may have to be fetched from remote stores . |
| 28 | Although you may be at some bar or club with the community interest at heart , people do n't look at you like that . |
| 29 | They 'll want to spend time looking at equipment they ca n't afford or can only just run to and will be at some stage of agonising over whether to buy or not . |
| 30 | If a prisoner disobeys an instruction to place his laundry in a certain basket , he will be at some risk of being found guilty of mutiny under the Bill . |