Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 2 | She just had to turn out , and there was nothing coming down , foot down , opened up , got I was at the top of the hill and she was nowhere in sight . |
| 3 | ‘ How did you know I was at the Holiday Inn ? ’ |
| 4 | There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in . |
| 5 | When we were all seated in our kitchen Frankie wanted to know who was at the graveyard and what had happened . |
| 6 | Like you say you 're at the mercy . |
| 7 | Yeah it says , Romans ten , verse thirteen , for every everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah , will be saved , however , how will they call on him if in him they 'd not put faith , how in turn will they put faith in him , if him they 've not heard , how in turn will they hear without someone to preach , how in turn will they preach unless they 've been sent forth , just as it is written , how come we are at the feet of those who declare good news of good things well that 's more or less what we were saying is n't it ? |
| 8 | We just do n't know what is at the root of her condition . ’ |
| 9 | He says you 're at the mercy of the elements and you just go where the weather takes you . |
| 10 | Squatters have long felt they 're at the receiving end of a bad press and have have welcomed tonight 's opportunity to express their side of the story . |
| 11 | He asked instead why Hunter-Blair had not said he was at the Post on the day of the murder and why he had troubled to ask Linley to keep his presence secret . |
| 12 | The guy was probably dead when we tipped him into the shaft — we just assumed he was at the time though the older I got the less sure of that I was — but even if was n't , he must have been killed when he hit the bottom ; it 's thirty metres at least . |
| 13 | There are still one or two people we 've got to see who were at the Muddington dance , notably a lad called Barry Taylor who has some explaining to do . |
| 14 | Cranston asked , winking good-humouredly at the maid who had also hurried down to see who was at the door . |
| 15 | For a minute she did n't know where she was and , as she realised she was at the farm , fear stayed firmly with her . |
| 16 | I mean you were at the meeting that 's why I 'm referring to you . |
| 17 | Old one old ones just used which was at the bulb in every hen house and it was free range and I think there was nothing better than that . |
| 18 | She could see she was at the point where the police might be going to do some hard questioning . |
| 19 | I should have thought it was at the bottom |
| 20 | Okay and read what 's at the bottom . |
| 21 | I can not say how touched I am at the warmth of the reception you have arranged for me . ’ |
| 22 | I am writing to convey how shocked and saddened I am at the news . |
| 23 | I know I 'm at the station , cos that 's obvious , it 's just I ca n't exactly remember how I got here . |
| 24 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
| 25 | I hear you were at the Empire the other night ? |
| 26 | According to Dr George Eisenbarth , who headed the Joslin team , a simpler version of the test may be developed within the next year , ‘ We and other labs are most certainly working on it , to predict who 's at the most risk of developing diabetes , ’ he declared . |
| 27 | Patrick was wishing he was at the wheel . |
| 28 | Ok roger I was at the Fav and I guess you were but there were two guys fitting your description ( I never knew that sheepskins were so popular ! ) |
| 29 | ‘ And you , Roger , if your remarks in the Chapter House mean anything , believe I am at the centre of this darkened ring ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I am ambitious and feel I am at the right age to go into management . |