Example sentences of "[vb past] me at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
| 2 | Well he beat me at dinner at erm |
| 3 | ‘ Sarah , his sister , phoned me at home on Sunday morning . |
| 4 | ‘ They phoned me at home on a Friday evening and that night I went out to celebrate , ’ she said . |
| 5 | When they told me at work she 'd bought that , I was , cos they lived up at Green Lane I thought my God he 'd have they 've picked a a bad spot there cos there 's no flood protection at all there . |
| 6 | He telephoned me at lunchtime on that day and by a fluke I had a cancellation , so I was able to see him almost immediately . |
| 7 | Jean-Claude enjoyed me at night , and I enjoyed him . |
| 8 | ‘ She called me at home . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ They tried to batter me into taking the job , then rang me at home and tried again . |
| 10 | Chris rang me at work , sounding jubilant . |
| 11 | Cos Rachel rang me at work and said I need your phone number . |
| 12 | No , Louise , no matter what you say , Nora kept me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 13 | I never suspected a thing , even though my supposed father always kept me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 14 | That 's right yes , yeah that bit that was just like what they call a swan neck , just like the swan and that was like that and so it kept me at load level , they were built by and some of the best cranes I 've ever known on the dock . |
| 15 | PAUSE I thought I knew at last who you were , why you liked me at school , why you took the trouble to read those poems I 'd written . |
| 16 | I was nervous but she put me at ease immediately . |
| 17 | I was worried because I looked small , but it put me at ease knowing everything was all right inside . |
| 18 | She rejoined me at lunchtime and seemed in more optimistic mood . |
| 19 | They left me at school , Mum and Dad and Annie . |
| 20 | I left home at 15 to become a footballer , she was really proud of me ; she encouraged me to go but I know she wanted me at home . |
| 21 | Four kids jumped in the cab , and held me at gun point for three whole hours . ’ |