Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adv] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will enjoy being here at this course , you will enjoy the training . |
| 2 | However , the general principle of liability for the acts of others to which my hon. and learned Friend referred is not at all out of line with the Theft Act 1968 . |
| 3 | But just how genetic , organic and social factors interact is not at all clear . |
| 4 | I mean , you were n't even sure she 'd been there at all . ’ |
| 5 | This process is controlled in the plant by substances called ‘ auxins ’ though how it is done is not at all clear . |
| 6 | Carrie suddenly said , ‘ Your mum and I were worried about you , Seb , but all my dad could keep saying was , ‘ It 's a good job I managed to reach you when I did , or you 'd have been up at that farmhouse for another week . ’ ’ |
| 7 | What about livestock would they have been in at that time of year ? |
| 8 | Well done you and a very , very special thanks to the Princess Royal , without whose leadership it would not have been possibly at all . |
| 9 | I gather there was a defender on the goal line so Strachan could n't have been offside at all . |
| 10 | Pumpido had to make two saves while neither of the Italians need have been there at all . |
| 11 | At the very genesis of all feeling and awareness one thought held sway which should not really have been there at all : that to be grown-up , to be a man , meant losing a great part of me . |
| 12 | The first thing that strikes me is that my aunt — an almost complete stranger as far as I was concerned — should have been there at all , within the family circle where no friend or neighbour was allowed , and thus in a privileged position to make personal remarks of the type which would not have been tolerated from any other quarter . |
| 13 | But you had to remember the circumstances they were there under — they should never have been there at all . |
| 14 | Joking was n't at all romantic . |
| 15 | ‘ I must confess , the news it contained was not at all what I had been expecting . |
| 16 | But she was an orphan , and the uncle and aunt with whom she lived were not at all well off . |
| 17 | He 's supposed to have been there at half past nine ! |
| 18 | Today , the Foreign Secretary could only say that the Prime Minister is still ’ mobilising ’ — though what he is mobilising is not at all clear , because very little appears to be happening . |
| 19 | ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time . |
| 20 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 21 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 22 | I bet nobody 's been there at all . |
| 23 | Literally , this meant the rule of power of the best , but the meaning it has since acquired is not at all accidental . |