Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] at [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met him at his son 's flat in north London — a somewhat incongruous setting for a man who 's spent so much of his time in some of the wildest places in the world . |
| 2 | I met him at my wee cousin 's wedding — he was the Best Man — he says to me would you like to go out for a bite to eat ? |
| 3 | When Callahan and I visited him at his large house on Sunset Beach , it was like walking around a graveyard : every board was a headstone with memories buried beneath it . |
| 4 | Well as I told you at you used to clip them that damn short and we when I was knocking them off , I had to keep dodging down , let the wag and keep knock clips off and chuck the one side and then the wagons came down They went down the hill like that , and then up here there was a hook line to stop them . |
| 5 | I consoled him at my breast when he wept . |
| 6 | ‘ When I dropped you at your villa , I went straight to the hospital and told your father I wanted you to come and work for me . ’ |
| 7 | She says I threw it at him . |
| 8 | One officer suggested behind his hand that I visit him at his home after work , and in exchange for this little attention he would write me a six-month permis de séjour . |
| 9 | I remember her at my first supper at Grove House and it was evident from listening to those in the know that Nancy was not just a someone , but a very special someone . |
| 10 | I heard him at it several times , pretending to joke his daughter , but in fact making her the butt of his mockery . |
| 11 | I heard you at it so I thought I 'd pop in and pass the time of day . |
| 12 | Ven uttered , and to her delight confessed , ‘ Well , there was that occasion when , after being disturbed by thoughts of you all night , I rang you at your hotel the next morning in the hope that I had n't disturbed you . ’ |
| 13 | I saw her at her father 's funeral , where her dignity was exemplary . |
| 14 | The day I saw him at her funeral I said to myself he was a fine man . |
| 15 | I saw it at its best , in April , when it was well above the third magnitude , and dominated the whole area ; at that stage it was strongly orange-red . |
| 16 | I took him at his word . |
| 17 | So I took them at their word and phoned them up . |
| 18 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 19 | Yet one must also beware of the sort of patronising attitude nicely expressed in the film of The Go-Between , when the silly sprig of the Big House observes , after an exchange with the lusty Alan Bates , ‘ I think I put him at his ease , do n't you ? ’ |
| 20 | Yeah I think it at my place actually |
| 21 | Five years ago I had it at my fingertips . |
| 22 | I left her at her flat . ’ |
| 23 | I take him at his word , for I can not go to see for myself , not being male . |
| 24 | ‘ But I have you at my side , Will , and I know we 'll be all right . ‘ |