Example sentences of "[vb past] me at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
2 | ‘ He beat me at New Marske and he was a target for me in this one . ’ |
3 | The hotel manager woke me at 10 a.m. with a telegram from my mother , which had been delayed . |
4 | It could have been the extra garlic I 'd put in the Rogan Josh which woke me at 2.06 a.m. , but it was probably the noise Billy Tuckett made falling through the bathroom skylight and killing himself . |
5 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
6 | ‘ It was her beauty which attracted me at first , ’ said Mr Jefferson , who was a produce buyer for NAFFI for more than 37 years . |
7 | There were great gaps of time when no one directed me at all . |
8 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
9 | The reality surprised me at first , and then like everyone else , I took it for granted . |
10 | She heard me at last . |
11 | Wayne never found his rhythm on his serve and he did not get into the match until he broke me at 5–3 , but I did good enough to win , ’ said the 24-year-old 1991 Wimbledon champion . |
12 | Now er Richard rang me at five o'clock yesterday . |
13 | A.A. rang me at 4 o/c she returned on 2nd and had had grand time with Gwenda and families . |
14 | She rang me at half past ten , I 'd forgotten all about it till phone went and I says ooh I 've lost your phone number . |
15 | Last night we had a phone call , oh it frightened me at first actually , I answered the phone |
16 | Jim Pickering was one of the four : ‘ I was Red 2 in company with Red I and Green Section when I saw a Ju88 engaged by A.A. about 1,000 feet above us … he saw me at this height and turned in a circle onto my tail . |
17 | I went everywhere and no-one knew me at all . |
18 | The situation is best illustrated by a letter that reached me at this time from Mrs Mugabe : There was no way in which I could reply to the letter except by a futile expression of sympathy . |
19 | You expect me to believe that the board just chose me at random ? |
20 | As a consequence of which well we went to Egypt and the Sudan this business , we came back and er the b the the foreman 's brother he ne he never liked me ever this forema when I were a kid you know , he never liked me at all , I never got on with him and and er mind you there 's a long story about that but it 's a silly little thing that er that I really upset him with . |
21 | ‘ I was n't even sure he liked me at first . ’ |
22 | ‘ Paul accompanied me at some services . |
23 | They look like rust — it fooled me at first . |
24 | It suited me at first to have you believe there was someone in my life . |
25 | He is a keen observer of political life and quizzed me at great length about the impending British general election . |
26 | She never left me at all ! |