Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The only thing I could do I mean at the same time I 'm saying O K I 'll go in to do it this way , would be to actually say , sod this for a lark , instead of doing erm totally private thing , gon na set up a private limited company to issue cheques .
2 When the firemen finally arrived I pointed at the sacrificial pyre still burning and burbled something about my priceless slide-collection .
3 ‘ And now it 's a wonderful feeling to know that it has enabled me to look at the top guys knowing there are only a few ahead of me .
4 Should fix me stiffened at the monstrous sight
5 A few days later , immediately alongside the busy M40 , a pause at traffic-lights enabled me to glance at a dense assembly of birds , as closely-packed as starlings , extending for almost a quarter of a mile along the edge of the arable field , and I was able to identify them as a mixture of Lapwing and ‘ goldies , ’ all immobile , and many of the latter with their heads tucked in as if fast asleep .
6 With a heart beating as if it wanted to explode I looked at the two dead men ; I had never seen either of them before .
7 And then he started to walk away , leaving me staring at a bare wall .
8 He said I waved at the poor man like a loony .
9 Have I come at a bad time ? ’
10 Have I come at a bad moment ? ’ she asked .
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