at beck and call

Example Sentences

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Remember Allan, to be worthy for the things ahead and remember, too, that I am at beck and call, if you need me, if so be you can find me.

From In the Court of King Arthur by Lowe, Samuel E. (Samuel Edward)

Surely not because of danger to us at the Hall, for we had our Mohawks, our militia, and yeoman tenantry at beck and call.

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Very comfortable, to have servants at beck and call, and most satisfactory to the craving for power—trifles, it is true, but still the substantial and tangible evidence of power.

From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by Phillips, David Graham

All about him Calvert saw young nobles, each the slave of some particular goddess, bowing down and doing duty like the humblest menial, now caressed, now ill-treated, but always at beck and call, always obedient.

From Calvert of Strathore by Goodloe, Carter