Example sentences of "[verb] me at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 2 | Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage . |
| 3 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE has been told to turn up at his restaurant at Venice Beach , California at 2.30 pm to tell me his version of the story of his life , then Dudley Moore more or less dudleys into his restaurant at Venice Beach , California and joins me at a corner table where I 've been waiting to hear his story . |
| 4 | Environmental Issues is your magazine , and anything and everything is considered for inclusion , so do ring , write , fax or grab me at a conference ( well not literally ! ) with your information . |
| 5 | I think he caught me at a vulnerable moment , when I was more worried about myself than I am now . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , Veronica , you caught me at a bad moment , ’ Loretta said apologetically . |
| 7 | Mind you can always say to you caught me at a bad time , you say , it 's supposed to have appointment only , but just say , can you , is there any chance of you coming back . |
| 8 | You 've caught me at a very late lunch . |
| 9 | You want to get to know me at a rate |
| 10 | You take me away for the weekend and then come back and act as if you 've just met me at a friend 's house for the first time ! |
| 11 | ‘ No , his analyst told me at a party in New York . ’ |
| 12 | My best friends , Ada , Nora and Nives , all had bicycles , which put me at a serious disadvantage . |
| 13 | I run the search room there , which means that erm people come into Pelham House , they usually meet me at a desk and the end of a telephone , and I put them onto the documents that they want to look at and I make sure that they 're ordered up from where they 're kept in one of the various repositories and strong rooms that we 've got . |
| 14 | That 's right , yes , I run the Search Room there , which means that erm people come in to Pelham House , they usually meet me at a desk on the end of a telephone and I put them onto the documents that they want to look at and I make sure they 're ordered up from where they 're kept in one of the various repositories and strongrooms that we 've got , and then I produce them for them and erm if they need any help reading them and so on I give them that . |
| 15 | ‘ How long are you going to keep me at a distance ? ’ he rasped . |
| 16 | On the Tuesday night , however , my Private Secretary , Steve Godber , rang me at a dinner to tell me that at the eleventh hour Nigel Lawson had put round a minute which sought to reopen the whole issue of the replacement for SERPS . |
| 17 | Although my work as CBC Production Manager kept me at a desk rather than on the production floor , I was occasionally able to produce plays . |
| 18 | ‘ Who 'll start me at a pound ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm afraid , gentlemen , you have me at a disadvantage . |
| 20 | ‘ You have me at a disadvantage , Charlie . |