Example sentences of "you have [vb pp] [pers pn] at " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , you 've seen me at my worst . ’
2 You 've seen us at work .
3 So I suppose one could say that you 've seen us at our worst , and anything else can only be an improvement . ’
4 You 've seen it at its best , ’ Harriet answered , wishing the girl did not sound so patronising .
5 I suppose it 's a satisfying thing — to know you 've done it at last and it 's all there , nice and clean .
6 I do n't like housework particularly — it 's just a bore , it 's so monotonous , and with a child you 've done it once and five minutes later it just does n't look as though you 've done it at all .
7 ‘ They just put a tick on it if you 've done it at all .
8 But of course the beauty of it is you 've done it at school have n't you ?
9 And once you 've done it at school , it comes back with a bit of an effort quite quickly .
10 Er ca n't watch it after you 've watched it at eight , I 'm getting right odd here
11 Not them other little things cos they know you 've got them at the school .
12 God , you 've got me at it .
13 Cos it 's not actually working algebraic that calculator at the present moment I do n't know what you 've got it programmed in What you 've got it at but it 's not working algebraic .
14 The management er clearly desired to implement the scheme er with the minimum amount of frustration er to anyone , although you 've got to understand that as an engineer working a , a big milling machine for example , if someone comes along and said er , you know you could stand that job on its side different to what you 've got it at the moment , and you could do two faces instead of one you know , by turning the table and you know , by use of various tools er decrease the time factor , there was the , it was a fear that our members may work themselves out of a job .
15 And you 've got it at home really .
16 You 've got it at home !
17 You 've caught me at a very late lunch .
18 Then she poured out in detail the humiliation she had recently suffered , and at last she sighed deeply and said , ‘ You 've caught me at my weakest , but I 'm gradually pulling myself together . ’
19 You 've caught us at kind of a low point . ’
20 Eh you know you 've set me at it now , look I 'm as bad as you .
21 So impassive and peculiar had the Collector become , so obviously on the verge , everyone thought so ( you would have thought so yourself if you had seen him at this time ) , of giving up the ghost , that his face was scrutinized more closely than ever for any trace of remorse as the gorse bruiser was carried out .
22 " You will read this book just as though you had bought it at a bookstall and you were reading it in the ordinary way as a whole . "
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