Example sentences of "me at [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The sail had been a hindrance , making sport of me at each whim of the wind , so I lowered it .
2 ‘ But in any case , you had no right to leave me at that pub all night .
3 As he says in his autobiography , ‘ I had to take every race as it came and just try to win it because whatever happened to Niki — and the Ferrari was not relevant to me at that point .
4 ‘ I was n't like me at that moment .
5 Existentially , they did not touch me at that moment .
6 But I felt dreadful , like a bloated lump with one leg and no hair , so there are n't any photos of me at that time at all .
7 ‘ David obviously wrote the songs and everything but I felt a lot of responsibility came on to me at that time , although it was nothing like David 's , ’ he says .
8 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 .
9 It 's not easy to find words for what the two of them meant to me at that time .
10 It was a heavy leather-bound copy of Don Quixote , dramatically illustrated by a man whose name meant nothing to me at that time , Gustave Doré .
11 I had about ten staff working for me at that time , all girls and women , supervised by the Senior Clerkess , Emily Lightbody .
12 I have to say again I 'm sorry no it it was n't obvious to me at that time definitely not .
13 There were statements of intent , exhortations , graphs and charts all aimed at producing improvements in what was to me at that time the nebulous concept of ‘ Quality ’ .
14 My letter to your Honour of the fifth January last being writ before the great events that are upon us now , would lead your judgement astray as to our progress in these fair Isles , for mighty Saturn threw his sinister shadow heavy upon me at that juncture and many untoward and grievous events had combined to cloud my spirits that now are light as a summer breeze again .
15 Get talking to people over a few drinks ; you 're better than me at that sort of thing . ’
16 This I 'm pleased to say is being done , a meeting has been arranged with British Aerospace , it should have taken place on Monday er Mike was deputizing me at that meeting and I 'm waiting to see what the outcome of that meeting is .
17 ‘ You can drop me at that bus-stop over there .
18 And , and whenever they knew you 've come would you , would you walk through and , and they used to for us every time an tha and that in those days they 'd give you a couple of bob which is , it was a fortune to me at that age .
19 I keep a pocket diary with me at all times and a calendar with spaces for writing on by the telephone .
20 ‘ Although someone supervises me at all times , I handle all my cases myself .
21 He 'll turn on me at any minute — tell me I do n't understand — it 's all my fault .
22 I mean I mean I 've written a letter to my cousins in South Wales asking them if they can point me at any places that might record , but I 'll actually make the contacts .
23 ‘ You can repay me at any time , of course . ’
24 They can come to me at any time .
25 ‘ For me at any rate , ‘ I reply .
26 I bear this in mind for my next visit and reflect that I am already learning and making mental notes about this hitherto unfished — by me at any rate — stretch of river .
27 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 .
28 It 's certainly never anything stronger than that , for me at any rate , but the guests can have what they like .
29 He lives down near the bottom of Wind Street , got a shop he has , a well-to-do sort of man , better off than me at any rate . ’
30 In this selection of old and modern recipes I give precedence to those dishes made from the gooseberry , because green gooseberry fool is — to me at any rate — the most delicious as well as the most characteristic of all these simple , almost childlike , English dishes .
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