Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] at [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met him at his son 's flat in north London — a somewhat incongruous setting for a man who 's spent so much of his time in some of the wildest places in the world . |
| 2 | I consoled him at my breast when he wept . |
| 3 | ‘ When I dropped you at your villa , I went straight to the hospital and told your father I wanted you to come and work for me . ’ |
| 4 | Ven uttered , and to her delight confessed , ‘ Well , there was that occasion when , after being disturbed by thoughts of you all night , I rang you at your hotel the next morning in the hope that I had n't disturbed you . ’ |
| 5 | I saw her at her father 's funeral , where her dignity was exemplary . |
| 6 | The day I saw him at her funeral I said to myself he was a fine man . |
| 7 | I took him at his word . |
| 8 | So I took them at their word and phoned them up . |
| 9 | Erm , I took her at her word , I still looked for work , I did n't stop looking for work but I took it that she was happy enough me being on the dole if it meant that we could stay around Bay or Anglesey . |
| 10 | Yet one must also beware of the sort of patronising attitude nicely expressed in the film of The Go-Between , when the silly sprig of the Big House observes , after an exchange with the lusty Alan Bates , ‘ I think I put him at his ease , do n't you ? ’ |
| 11 | Five years ago I had it at my fingertips . |
| 12 | I left her at her flat . ’ |
| 13 | Blessed with a constituency which returned him unopposed throughout his career in the Commons , and a tenantry which presented him at his wedding with a two-foot high gold cup , it was natural that he should suppose the keystone of the political arch to be a benevolent aristocracy . |
| 14 | Ashi smiled as she knotted it at her throat . |
| 15 | She draped it at my neck and sprayed it with her perfume : it still smells faintly of Chanel . |
| 16 | ‘ You wrote that you caught him at his flat just at the time he was leaving the country . ’ |
| 17 | She found him at his desk , downing vodka , talking on the telephone to Susan , telling her soothingly , ‘ No , I 'm not drinking any more . ’ |
| 18 | Joachim died , probably in Denmark , in 1535 ; some time before 1541 his relatives placed Daniel with a branch of his grandmother 's Wieland family , who trained him at their lead , copper , and silver mines and smelting works in the Rauris and Gastein valleys in the Tyrol , part of the archbishopric of Salzburg . |
| 19 | She imagined him at his desk , his head in his hands . |
| 20 | The couple met while on holiday in Greece in 1987 and married after she joined him at his base in South Dakota . |
| 21 | If you saw her at her work , you might have a very different impression of her , when that gentle , luminous quality turns to a radiant involvement with her task . |
| 22 | He then startled champions-elect Everton with an early goal when we met them at their Goodison Park headquarters a week later ( 1–2 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ We played them at their place not so long ago and we drew 1-1 in a good , entertaining game so we 're looking forward to getting them back here . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We needed her at our meeting with the chairman this morning . |
| 25 | It was a wonderful experience , they entertained us at their home and took us to see some of Auckland 's wonderful sights . |
| 26 | ‘ They telephoned you at your hotel , did n't they ? ’ |
| 27 | Even though we may say , ‘ Make yourself at home ’ , we might be a little taken aback if they took us at our word and kicked off their shoes , lounged around on the settee , helped themselves to our coffee , tea , larder and even our wine ! |
| 28 | They held me at my house , but this is where Schmidt lives when he 's in London . |
| 29 | Gary 's great strength was an ability to get to a ball first in the penalty area , but if he received it at his feet 30 yards from goal he was looking for help , to lay it off and get into the penalty area . |
| 30 | Three days later he rang me at my sock . |