Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily I lived at the higher end of the village so my house was not affected . |
| 2 | So I looked at the two men again . |
| 3 | The wind and rain beat down on me , and I fell down several times , but finally I arrived at a long , low house , standing rather isolated in the middle of the moor . |
| 4 | Once more I glanced at the large flour mill , temporarily closed , despite the addition of a new silvery turbine engine to take the place of water power . |
| 5 | Would you mind desperately if just this once I paid at the other end ? ’ |
| 6 | Limply I gazed at the mortal oiliness of the water , in which no creature could prosper , and the dockside crowds of welcome floating and swimming above like tropical fish . |
| 7 | Now I look at the confident sexual swagger of young men with more than a faint envy . |
| 8 | Ten minutes ago I knocked at the front door , waited in the street . |
| 9 | Then I looked at the cheerful cockney . |
| 10 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 11 | Sometimes I look at the other women , see one with a baby on her knee , then a little child runs up and tells her something that makes her laugh … |
| 12 | It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket . |