Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , it was real , it was happening : sitting with her back straight and her head up in the carriage on the way back , she thought how proud her father would have been to see her at the centre of all this pomp and splendour , and found herself mentally comparing his craggy looks and red beard with Joãs clean-shaven face and small , manicured hands . |
| 2 | She always was a bit ‘ igh and mighty for the likes of us , but I did ‘ ear mention that Kitty had been to see her at London University . ’ |
| 3 | Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay . |
| 4 | A key objective since Tencel was launched has been to position it at the top end of the market , working with the best mills , converters and manufacturers and attracting a premium price for the fibre . |
| 5 | His original plan had been to sell her at the Sonepur Mela in Bihar , the world 's largest animal fair and their final destination . |
| 6 | ‘ Dear friends — how honoured I am to have you at my party for another year , a very , very special year in many ways . |
| 7 | It was back in England for ( Sir ) Alexander Korda [ q.v. ] in 1933 that Laughton made his screen name in The Private Life of Henry VIII at the start of a sequence of major cinema biographies ( The Barretts of Wimpole Street ( 1934 ) , Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1935 ) , Rembrandt ( 1936 ) , and the unfinished I Claudius ( 1936 ) ) , which were to see him at the very peak of his reflective , anguished talent for larger-than-life monsters of reality . |
| 8 | We were to meet him at the airport , and when we were making all the arrangements with him on the phone , he said , ‘ Are you sure you 'll be able to recognize me ? ’ |
| 9 | His partner had suddenly remembered her brothers were to meet her at the door and take her home ( an old trick , this ) . |
| 10 | The intention being to keep them at Georgia Griffiths house … even though she made no real profit from the deal . |
| 11 | The day before the dinner I received word from the admiral 's ADC that if I were to present myself at 6.55 p.m. at his suite in the Gosforth Park Hotel , where we were both staying , he would give me a lift to the dockyard . |
| 12 | But , the best thing to do is to see him at his off where he works , he 's a tailor you know that , do you ? |
| 13 | ‘ You must be Mr Sachs , what a pleasure it is to meet you at last . ’ |
| 14 | Does he agree that the right way to encourage the electronics industry to export is to help it at home by tax cuts such as those announced yesterday by our right hon. Friend ? |
| 15 | I regret I am not likely to lose weight in China , as their habit , at least in Peking , is to give us at least twice as much food as we need , and however much we gently suggest that three platefuls rather than six would be sufficient , they still go on just the same . |
| 16 | Part of the success is to sow them at the right time . |
| 17 | The subjective conviction of heightened awareness is so treacherous that to exempt it from the critical tests of reason is to put oneself at the mercy of chance . |
| 18 | The modern way is to have them at right angles . ) |
| 19 | The best way to test the quality of porridge is to throw it at the wall . |
| 20 | The only ultimate disaster that can befall us , I have come to realize , is to feel ourselves at home here on earth . |
| 21 | Jesus Christ 's resurrection has to become our resurrection if it is to mean anything at all . |
| 22 | If the idea of mobilizing community resources is to mean anything at all it must include helping parents and other carers to meet , and clarify needs , expectations and possibilities for further development . |
| 23 | If a right to conscientious tax diversion can be established in this way , then , if it is to mean anything at all , it must be proof against standard utilitarian objections , for example , those relating to the cost of administering such a scheme . |
| 24 | You must learn your lessons , you know , if you are to become anything at all when you are grown . ’ |
| 25 | The note which had been sent into him at the factory had said that he was to meet them at eight o'clock on Boxing Night . |
| 26 | My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes — I was to meet him at Glasgow and I was late . |
| 28 | One of his compulsive gambits was to challenge everyone at the first meeting . |
| 29 | ‘ The master plan was to put everyone at his ease . ’ |
| 30 | Such self-disgust appeared to have physical causes or manifestations : a pattern that was to repeat itself at irregular intervals for the next twenty years . |