Example sentences of "[vb past] i at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
| 2 | ‘ He met me at the station … ’ |
| 3 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 4 | Rich and Syb met me at the station . |
| 5 | My faithful driver , Murphy , met me at the gate , taking my bags and walking me past the vagrants and money changers to his car , an old American model that had become something of a collector 's item . |
| 6 | On the appointed Saturday in October , Micky met me at the railway station and drove me ( in a fairly elderly Morris Oxford with a canvas hood ) right down the High as far as the University Church , and there he parked ( no problem then ) . |
| 7 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you really wonder , ’ he asked me at an embassy function in west Beirut , ‘ why we wo n't claim compensation ? |
| 9 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 10 | Ten years later however the BBC asked me at very short notice to compile a programme to celebrate the Queen Mother 's eighty-fifth birthday . |
| 11 | Boycs asked me at Headingley if I had a big car . |
| 12 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
| 13 | Half way up , Springsteen shot through his legs and passed me at about Mach 5 , doing a handbrake turn at the bottom of the stairs and heading for the back door . |
| 14 | It was like a nightmare to sit and listen to the loose stones bouncing off my windscreen and bodywork as the lorry passed me at about 70mph . |
| 15 | She was at court every time with me , and she came and visited me at Holloway . |
| 16 | ‘ He beat me at New Marske and he was a target for me in this one . ’ |
| 17 | Well he beat me at dinner at erm |
| 18 | Sundowner time found me at the Clachaig Inn ( JTR either went there or to the Temperance Hotel in Glencoe Village on the edge of Loch Leven ) after twenty-odd miles wandering and walking . |
| 19 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 20 | Your welcome letter found me at Launceston at which place I remained two days with Mr. Kerr , Captn Friend etc . |
| 21 | ‘ Sarah , his sister , phoned me at home on Sunday morning . |
| 22 | ‘ They phoned me at home on a Friday evening and that night I went out to celebrate , ’ she said . |
| 23 | I think he caught me at a vulnerable moment , when I was more worried about myself than I am now . |
| 24 | They caught me at it , luckily , before I 'd gone over the edge . |
| 25 | The Chinese manservant caught me at it . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't you know that you caught me at an age when Taureans are at their most vulnerable ? |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , Veronica , you caught me at a bad moment , ’ Loretta said apologetically . |
| 28 | Mind you can always say to you caught me at a bad time , you say , it 's supposed to have appointment only , but just say , can you , is there any chance of you coming back . |
| 29 | All was fine , until the Customs man stopped me at Heathrow Airport . |
| 30 | ‘ They stopped me at the border and arrested me . ’ |