Example sentences of "i at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | her used glass for me at a private view — |
| 2 | My best friends , Ada , Nora and Nives , all had bicycles , which put me at a serious disadvantage . |
| 3 | I think he caught me at a vulnerable moment , when I was more worried about myself than I am now . |
| 4 | I shall sell then , it 's with me at a hundred and thirty pounds . |
| 5 | Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage . |
| 6 | A part time post was created for me at a busy hospital 40 miles from home , and the arrangement worked very well . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , Veronica , you caught me at a bad moment , ’ Loretta said apologetically . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | How could I possibly forget , when you 're there beside me at every single turn ? ’ |
| 10 | When I get out of my train at Victoria and look about me at the other two hundred — mostly strangers , not least so those whose names as early schoolfellows dawn on me when they disappeared , — I sometimes think that one or two of us ought to speak out instead of just voting and making a remark in the complaint book once or twice a year and writing to a newspaper less often . |
| 11 | I got on the bus at the terminus at the bottom of Avondale Buildings and rode it back and forth to the other end of the line , sitting on the top deck , not knowing where I was or what I was doing , until the conductor came up to me at the other terminus , after my fifth trip , and asked : ‘ You all right , mate ? ’ |
| 12 | Even if I did n't have a job that keeps me at the other end of the country for most of the year , this sort of place could n't provide a living . |
| 13 | I feel that the Angel Gabriel will ask me at the pearly gates : Ilsa , did you ever make a good Yorkshire pudding ? |
| 14 | He will be settling his own sundry bills but I would like the invoice for the room to be directed to me at the above address . |
| 15 | Please ring me at the above number and I will meet you in Paris to escort you to the hospital . |
| 16 | As for their laying the birch on my pocket , I compute that my support of Lewis and Brzeska has cost me at the lowest estimate about £20 per year , from one source alone since that regrettable occurrence , since I dared to discern a great sculptor and a great painter in the midst of England 's artistic desolaton . |
| 17 | Molloy learned it from me at the Imperial Hotel , Blackpool , during one of the duller party conferences . |
| 18 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 19 | Much to my surprise , Karen greeted me at the front door with a glass of champagne in her hand and , still more unusual , a smile on her face . |
| 20 | He said : ’ there is no statistical evidence that is known to me at the present time of people who are actually being discharged from the private sector We do not have evidence to bring to you of a substantial number of people who have been discharged against their will from the private sector . ’ |
| 21 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 22 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 23 | ‘ I was so afraid you would be hurt , then I found myself wondering if I could trust David or whether he would walk out on me at the first sign of trouble . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps you could drop me at the nearest bus stop or railway station , ’ she added . |
| 25 | He had happened upon me at the crucial moment : I had little idea of who I was or what I was entitled to from life , let alone what it behoved me to contribute . |
| 26 | Ask her to meet Sir John and me at the Three Cranes tavern in Cheapside . |
| 27 | This one leapt on me at the exact moment that Junior unloosened his arms and thrust himself into his father 's crying : ‘ Daddy , Daddy , I like this nice man . |
| 28 | The agendas for the above 3 meetings will be issued in due course , but it is not intended that the reports should be circulated again ; spare copies of the reports are available for members , by telephoning me at the undernoted extension . |
| 29 | The Frenchman sat opposite me at the large farmhouse table chatting away for all he was worth and after the meal he puffed away at his pipe as if he had n't a care in the world . |
| 30 | My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street . |