Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp started relaxing its strict accounting practices way back in 1984 , just as the company 's core mainframe business began to lose its impetus , although no-one realised it at the time . |
| 2 | I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment . |
| 3 | Crilly tells me to meet him at the Hope and Vixen in half an hour . |
| 4 | He tells me to meet him at the magistrates ' court the following morning , tells me to keep away from the scumbags . |
| 5 | Started with this device this is the thing I made it at the grammar school when I was working there . |
| 6 | Course , I 'ad to 'ang about a bit until I saw yer go out , and afterwards I met 'im at the Elephant an' Castle . |
| 7 | When I met her at the airport after she flew in to London from Los Angeles recently , I caught my breath when I saw her because she just looked so lovely . |
| 8 | He thrust his hands deep into his pockets , hunching his shoulders as he continued , ‘ I met her at the party I threw to celebrate taking over control of the company . |
| 9 | ‘ My name is Lockwood , ’ I said , when I met him at the gate to his house . |
| 10 | Self conscious in my normal clothes I seated myself at the rear of the upper stalls . |
| 11 | I got nothing at the table right . |
| 12 | " I got mine at the cut price place at the end of the Queenstown Road . " |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’ |
| 14 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 15 | Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions . |
| 16 | Before I had really recovered , I found myself at the railway station , where I said goodbye to Dulcie and we went our separate ways , promising to keep in touch , as one does . |
| 17 | Therapist Julia Blackburn 's heart sinks when someone visits her at The Maidenhead Natural Therapy Clinic and says , ‘ I 've tried a grapefruit diet , a pineapple diet , a very low-calorie diet , and now I 've come to see whether hypnotherapy might work . ’ |
| 18 | It 's sad , going away , but it must be nice all the same to have someone kiss you at the railway station . |
| 19 | As I told her at the time there were several possibilities . ’ |
| 20 | Well I mean , I told them at the time I was against the of a sixteen month deal . |
| 21 | Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it . |
| 22 | I told you at the beginning how it would be . |
| 23 | Christ Almighty , I told you at the time , did n't I ? |
| 24 | I told you at the time to stick out and then she would have to get a housekeeper in . |
| 25 | I identified her at the mortuary not an hour since . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't think he meant it , looking back , but I believed him at the time . |
| 27 | But I put it at the bottom of the list and consider it can really be done without . |
| 28 | The point is that tonight — Magnapop 's UK debut — is peppered with punky teenage licks and festering grungy rumbles , yet just as one expects lyrics concerning death , drinking and corporate rock shagging , Linda hops , hiccups and beams , ‘ Wo n't you let me walk you home from school ? /Can I meet you at the pool ? ’ |
| 29 | I threw myself at the door and tried desperately to open it . |
| 30 | I telephoned him at the shipping company , but was told that he was not in the office . |