Example sentences of "[prep] i at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything he had loved about me at first became embarrassing . |
| 2 | You have had no consideration for me at all ; I doubt if you ever loved me . |
| 3 | I have a very stable relationship , and also with my child , and I know that it would be very difficult for us to split up , but I do n't see why a bit of paper or a lovely ball gown , or a nice cake , will make it any better for me at all ? |
| 4 | He did n't really care for me at all : it was my money he was interested in . |
| 5 | Suppose that my friend was not looking for me at all . |
| 6 | If the term ‘ middle age ’ has any meaning for me at all , it is in the adjective . |
| 7 | If you 've ever had any love for me at all — ’ |
| 8 | Blitzer Last and definitely least , this is a cross between Defender and Lunar Lander , and it just does n't work for me at all . |
| 9 | They do n't do anything for me at all . |
| 10 | They done nothing for me at all ! |
| 11 | ‘ They did not seem to be ready for me at all , ’ said Hill . |
| 12 | This is just the objectivity which is to be claimed in general for the good ; what is good for me now is not necessarily good for you or for me at other times , nor even what I now spontaneously prefer , it is what anyone would spontaneously prefer for me if sufficiently aware from my present viewpoint . |
| 13 | He calls for me at nine , |
| 14 | It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort . |
| 15 | ‘ Shee-it , ’ I said , and felt guilty that I was leaving the island without sharing the chicken dinner that Sarah Straker was doubtless cooking for me at that very moment . |
| 16 | I had about ten staff working for me at that time , all girls and women , supervised by the Senior Clerkess , Emily Lightbody . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , it 's been arranged absolutely ages and Joanie is coming round for me at seven-thirty . |
| 18 | ‘ For me at any rate , ‘ I reply . |
| 19 | The combination of purple-red flowers and cream variegated foliage of Buddleia davidii ‘ Harlequin ’ may not suit all tastes but least appealing of all , for me at any rate , is the purple-flowered phlox , also called ‘ Harlequin ’ , whose leaves are generously splashed with cream , a combination which does not work for me . |
| 20 | It 's certainly never anything stronger than that , for me at any rate , but the guests can have what they like . |
| 21 | A parallel pleasure and comfort , for me at any rate , was to watch the Jews . |
| 22 | The two worlds of nature and abstraction meet when Stavrogin asks Dasha whether by coming to be his nurse ‘ you hope to set up some aim for me at last ’ . |
| 23 | When Stavrogin , who ‘ poisoned ’ Kirillov , and who also kills himself , wrote that letter to Dasha Shatov asking her to come and be his nurse , his mind wo n't have been bent either on or away from suicide ; he was neutrally wondering whether she hoped ‘ to set up some aim for me at last ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ We were looking forward to going seven points clear for Christmas but four will do for me at this stage . ’ |
| 25 | The main thing for me at this stage in my career is to be in a well organised team which will help me win the 250 World Championship . |
| 26 | ‘ Every game is a bonus for me at this stage of my career and I 'm enjoying my football . ’ |
| 27 | Dee 's calling for me at ten . |
| 28 | Will you wait for me at three-thirty ? |
| 29 | Funny thing was , he thought to himself , as he walked back to his own house , they might not have been after me at all . |
| 30 | The sail had been a hindrance , making sport of me at each whim of the wind , so I lowered it . |