Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | Have you been at that gym tonight ? |
26 | When she walked into the kitchen her mother looked up and said , ‘ Where on earth have you been at this hour . |
27 | When you are at this age and you come up against a brick wall , you do sometimes feel like screaming with frustration . |
28 | If you are at some stage asked to undertake tasks with which you are unfamiliar , your starting point should be to ascertain whether you are , impliedly , obliged to do what is wanted . |
29 | ‘ I know why you 're at that school . |
30 | er they say , and if then they 've made a mistake you have done what you are told , I mean if you take a big ladder and it 's only a wee fire , a small car bump and then there is a big fire later on , somewhere else and they have n't got their , the right appliances because you 're at that place with the wrong stuff , then that would cause problems would n't it ? |