Example sentences of "be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | While you 're at school , my girl ? |
| 2 | You 're at the door . |
| 3 | Anyway , you 're at home all day . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The reason we drink is we 're at a loose end . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 're at the final state of putting proposals together . ’ |
| 6 | We 're at one millionth of a degree above absolute zero . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're at pains to stress this is n't a protest , but we were here for rest and recreation , ’ he said , ‘ so if I ca n't send my men ashore ; there 's not much point in staying . ’ |
| 8 | Then they said , you 're at art college , you must be able to draw , you could do a drawing of the gentleman in question you claim you bought the guitar from . |
| 9 | And while you 're at it , take your 7.6 per cent inflation rate with you . ’ |
| 10 | But if you find yourself looking for authenticity , it means you 're at least 32 . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're at a very early stage in all this , Minister , but can you think of anyone who would have wanted to harm Miss Morgan ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I know why you 're at that school . |
| 13 | And you do n't forget to mind your blooming manners while you 're at it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Sweet and juicy when they 're at perfection . |
| 15 | Suppose they 're at the bottom of the sea now . |
| 16 | They 're at it again . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're at least two weeks later than last year , ’ he says . |
| 18 | I want to know where we 're at . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 're at the mercy of some pilot and God knows what state they 're in , ’ he added . |
| 20 | From an early age I expected them to do things for themselves , and sometimes for me , and when they snivelled about their friends having kind and conscientious mothers who changed their sheets and made fruit pies , I said ‘ Some day , when you 're at Sunderland Polytechnic and living by your wits , you 'll thank me . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ When you 're at home you just get under my feet . ’ |
| 22 | It is now my opinion that the main things to remember if you 're going back to work after having a baby are that as long as you find someone you 're happy with to look after your baby while you 're at work , you 'll be happy and so will your baby , and that you will be able to do the job when you go back , even if the thought of it scares you to death in the months leading up to your return . |
| 23 | As Lovins said : ‘ You have to talk to people where they 're at , not where you 're at . ’ |
| 24 | As Lovins said : ‘ You have to talk to people where they 're at , not where you 're at . ’ |
| 25 | And bugger off , Greek and Arab while you 're at it . |
| 26 | These men who , with their fists , knocked others insensible , the art of doing so having been passed down as a necessary part of their growing up , had evidently never had to deal with a fainting female before ; and when the big , fat , enormous-breasted woman came into the kitchen , bawling , ‘ What the hell d' you think you 're at ! |
| 27 | It 's obviously best that he continues to believe you 're at the bottom of the Danube , or halfway to the Black Sea by now . ’ |
| 28 | While you 're at it , get a couple , and some sandwiches for later . |
| 29 | The boys go to school every day — there 's a tiny place in Clyst St George — but they 're at large all the afternoon , and they 're getting a bit too obstreperous to have about the place . |
| 30 | We 're at a loose end , Cynthie and me — I 'm up at Trinity , you know , but I 've been ill — ha ha ! — and have to stay down this term . |