Example sentences of "[pron] be at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am at that crossroads . |
| 2 | But I must say I am at some loss as to why you should be so concerned with these most trivial of errors . ’ |
| 3 | How clever I am at these things . |
| 4 | but what I , what would be a possibility at sixty two , when I 'm at that point , I 'd be receiving half pay |
| 5 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 6 | I was at all times impressed by their standard of workmanship . |
| 7 | I was at that time in Jesus Christ , Superstar . |
| 8 | And I was at that time a married man with two children . |
| 9 | I was at that time really completely persuaded of the relevance and interest of this approach and of this subject matter . |
| 10 | Julian Charley , to Edward England , my publisher , and to St. John 's College , Nottingham , where I was at that time principal , and by whose Governors I had been given study leave in order to write the book . |
| 11 | So my mother brought us all to on the train and er I was at that time about let's see nineteen thirty twenty I think I was eight years of age then . |
| 12 | I was at that time calling on and off at Faber 's , sometimes seeing Eliot and sometimes missing him . |
| 13 | I was at that party last night , the same as you . ’ |
| 14 | I was actually flashed at er in the library and what I thought of I would of done was completely different to what I actually did , erm , I thought I would of been quite calm about it , but in fact I ran out the library and I ran straight back to my flat erm , I was at that point I think about twenty one |
| 15 | I had never been so tempted to hit any man as I was at that moment . |
| 16 | I know how good you were because I was at that stage in maths where I felt rudderless and becalmed , drifting helplessly as it were , as my peer group — the rest of the fleet — sailed serenely on towards the horizon . |
| 17 | Before losing out to Northampton who were bullies , I was at that match at Buckingham Road and I thought they were bullies , especially Bobby Barnes , not the wrestler , used to play for West Ham , but he plays for Northampton now , he 's gone now , but they were , they , they were naughty . |
| 18 | I was at that game and the behaviour from some elements in the stands — on both sides — was disgraceful . |
| 19 | Now I have been in this business for a long time , and I was at that conference , and I have to say that I had forgotten the resolution until I was reading things again in preparing for this talk . |
| 20 | The German countess then began to speak , but I was at this point , for some reason I do not recollect , obliged to leave the drawing room for an extended period . |
| 21 | because , yeah well I thought I might and then he said something about I was at this meeting where I was talking to all these official in their suits and ties and I was only dressed casual and I thought , at that point I sort of |
| 22 | I was at this time that I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert Read , whom I had met first at Oxford in the company of Nevill Coghill . |
| 23 | ‘ I never felt I was at any risk and in terms of being brave I never even considered it . ’ |
| 24 | I did n't make it over there because I was at another party , but after the dinner , the night before last , they all went over to the Apple Playroom and started drinking , ordering from room service and making more . |
| 25 | Martin Martin ( 1703 ) who wrote his well-documented Description of the Western Islands of Scotland has left a wide and varied record of many of the plant uses which were at that time extant . |
| 26 | The speed reductions would be achieved , by applying at critical points in the network , some of the same sort of Verkehrsberuhigung measures as those which were at that time being installed in the new rest and play areas . |
| 27 | Rational planning was to be achieved by unifying health services , which were at that time split between local authorities , the boards of governors of teaching hospitals , a regional and local administration responsible for other hospitals and the executive councils who administered the contracts for general practitioners ( see Figure 1.1 ) . |
| 28 | No inset within the greenbelt is in existence for the area , which is at this time washed-over by the greenbelt . |
| 29 | While we were all getting ready for work one morning , a few days after the above conversation , one of the other girls ( Martha ) transferred a fifty-pound note from her handbag to the pocket of her apron , which was at that point still hanging by the door with everyone else 's . |
| 30 | Angel himself was at this moment riding across Brazil towards the coast . |