Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] at the [noun sg] " 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 | Started with this device this is the thing I made it at the grammar school when I was working there . |
| 5 | Course , I 'ad to 'ang about a bit until I saw yer go out , and afterwards I met 'im at the Elephant an' Castle . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ My name is Lockwood , ’ I said , when I met him at the gate to his house . |
| 9 | " I got mine at the cut price place at the end of the Queenstown Road . " |
| 10 | It 's sad , going away , but it must be nice all the same to have someone kiss you at the railway station . |
| 11 | As I told her at the time there were several possibilities . ’ |
| 12 | Well I mean , I told them at the time I was against the of a sixteen month deal . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I told you at the beginning how it would be . |
| 15 | Christ Almighty , I told you at the time , did n't I ? |
| 16 | I told you at the time to stick out and then she would have to get a housekeeper in . |
| 17 | I identified her at the mortuary not an hour since . ’ |
| 18 | I do n't think he meant it , looking back , but I believed him at the time . |
| 19 | But I put it at the bottom of the list and consider it can really be done without . |
| 20 | 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 ? ’ |
| 21 | I telephoned him at the shipping company , but was told that he was not in the office . |
| 22 | ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 . |
| 23 | She indicated the pretty flower-patterned basin for me to wash my hands in , then I joined them at the table . |
| 24 | I began to see the nervousness in your eyes whenever I got too close to you , and when I kissed you at the inn I knew that Matilda had lied about one point at least . |
| 25 | Yes , that 's how I perceived it at the time , but I was wrong . |
| 26 | I ordered it at the branch of the Times Library then housed in Elliston and Cavell 's , the nearest equivalent to Harrods in the Oxford of pre-war years , and remember with what excitement I received it from their admirable librarian Miss Lush ( now Lady Ormerod ) at the end of my day 's work in the Bodleian . |
| 27 | I sensed it at the funeral . |
| 28 | I loved him at the beginning and could not hate him later — even when he was agonizing everyone . |
| 29 | So it 's just simply to er comment about the the future work that 's gon na be done by Glanmole er , the work of investigation as I understand it at the end of that first section . |
| 30 | I warned you at the outset , gentlemen , that my suspicions may be unfounded . |