Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ I was on my way home from New York with my brother Simon after a scouting mission for models when I spotted her at the airport with her father . |
| 62 | No , I du n no why I said it at the dinner table yesterday really that was silly of me really . |
| 63 | ‘ I had something at the hospital . ’ |
| 64 | I replaced him at the table opposite Werewolf who was staring into his tomato juice . |
| 65 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
| 66 | I left him at the door , and went upstairs to find Mr and Mrs Linton . |
| 67 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |