Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [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 Started with this device this is the thing I made it at the grammar school when I was working there .
3 Course , I 'ad to 'ang about a bit until I saw yer go out , and afterwards I met 'im at the Elephant an' Castle .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 ‘ My name is Lockwood , ’ I said , when I met him at the gate to his house .
7 " I got mine at the cut price place at the end of the Queenstown Road . "
8 As I told her at the time there were several possibilities . ’
9 Well I mean , I told them at the time I was against the of a sixteen month deal .
10 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 .
11 I told you at the beginning how it would be .
12 Christ Almighty , I told you at the time , did n't I ?
13 I told you at the time to stick out and then she would have to get a housekeeper in .
14 I identified her at the mortuary not an hour since . ’
15 I do n't think he meant it , looking back , but I believed him at the time .
16 I telephoned him at the shipping company , but was told that he was not in the office .
17 ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 .
18 She indicated the pretty flower-patterned basin for me to wash my hands in , then I joined them at the table .
19 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 .
20 Yes , that 's how I perceived it at the time , but I was wrong .
21 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 .
22 I sensed it at the funeral .
23 I loved him at the beginning and could not hate him later — even when he was agonizing everyone .
24 I warned you at the outset , gentlemen , that my suspicions may be unfounded .
25 ‘ Well , I warned you at the interview that I was no easy option , did n't I ? ’ he barked .
26 I watched him at the bar , a short but fairly broad-shouldered figure with fairish hair .
27 I insulted him at the time .
28 ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’
29 I saw her at the window when we arrived .
30 I saw her at the butcher 's this morning .
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