Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] i at " in BNC.

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1 But , alas , one 's head must be permitted to rule , and so I will say only this : a little house where I may be safe , with an income to enable me at least to enjoy the comforts of life , if not its luxuries .
2 Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room .
3 One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married .
4 Boycs asked me at Headingley if I had a big car .
5 Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions !
6 Another couple of lads joined me at Middlesbrough station and off we went to be gentlemen 's gentlemen .
7 A.A. rang me at 4 o/c she returned on 2nd and had had grand time with Gwenda and families .
8 Now er Richard rang me at five o'clock yesterday .
9 The Michaelmas term saw me at my most hostile .
10 Some girls I knew had arranged for their two penfriends to meet me at the Gare du Nord and , somehow , we recognised one another .
11 The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama .
12 The coach dropped me at the Lofleiđ3ir , a palatial hotel .
13 One day when I changed my aunt 's library book for her the girl handed me At Mrs Lippincote 's , the first novel of a new author , published that year .
14 I remembered Frank baiting me at Gateshead the previous year .
15 Much to my surprise , Karen greeted me at the front door with a glass of champagne in her hand and , still more unusual , a smile on her face .
16 Dorje greeted me at the bottom and pulled me by the hand across the slabs of ice which had cracked into pontoons , barely locked together .
17 Rich and Syb met me at the station .
18 She made appointments to meet me at different places : restaurants , art galleries .
19 ‘ But in any case , you had no right to leave me at that pub all night .
20 ‘ When the mortars wake me at night , it takes a long time to go back to sleep .
21 Friday evening saw me at the National Gallery with her boyfriend and , quite literally , hundreds of other people , to the opening of the annual exhibition , sponsored this year by BP , of the Scottish Artists and Craftsmen .
22 He figured it was worth a nickel to call me at the Globe , and he 's not a wasteful man . ’
23 Opened can of mixed veg , used water to steam the pudding Paddy gave me at Reggane .
24 But another sister followed me at the Dowsons when I left to get married .
25 Ten years later however the BBC asked me at very short notice to compile a programme to celebrate the Queen Mother 's eighty-fifth birthday .
26 It was like a nightmare to sit and listen to the loose stones bouncing off my windscreen and bodywork as the lorry passed me at about 70mph .
27 The tailor measured me at the height of the deluge .
28 As Chief Inspector of Accidents it was within my domain to agree or reject the proposal , so Geoffrey Holton telephoned me at my home that Sunday morning and I immediately agreed to the UK being responsible for the investigation .
29 The price of baby blankets surprised me at £5 each .
30 erm , er and I 'm have to take some time over this , so I think erm in the circumstances the better thing to do would be to adjourn this case till Monday morning and hope that Mr can so arrange his affairs to address me at half past ten on that day , er with Mr and with erm , whatever rights he has to erm deal with matters of this , come up a fresh in reply and to finish off , I 'm gon na leave it like that , a very much , and as I say as far , as far as tomorrow 's concerned that 's er not a difficulty with erm , either Mr informs me which is unlikely or I can , at least get a , make a start , er on the other aspects of the judgement , alright then half past ten on Monday morning
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