Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ I asked impatiently at the end , ‘ is n't Mrs Reed a bad woman ? |
| 2 | Yet again I gazed intently at the lighthouse , the beach , the palapas , the palm trees and the reef . |
| 3 | He walked off and I gazed blankly at the cricket match . |
| 4 | Until I moved in to the Rectory at Seend , I lived briefly at the Bell Inn , St Edith 's Marsh , Bromham , near Devizes . |
| 5 | The kite had a tail of twisted magazine-pages — Guns and Ammo , which I got regularly at the time . |
| 6 | Despite its limitations and difficulties , dowsing was one of the sources of inspiration for the Dragon Project , which I mentioned briefly at the beginning of the last chapter . |
| 7 | But I am not so sure that I should have recognised what I recognised unconsciously at the time of writing : that I was in a state of helplessness , the helplessness of being a non-person . |
| 8 | ‘ I came here at the beginning of the week thinking that this was my last tournament for the year , maybe forever , ’ Evert said . |
| 9 | I came here at the instigation of your letter , believing myself to have secured a position . |
| 10 | Having recently had a pacemaker installed I have nothing but praise for the treatment I received both at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton and the Freeman in Newcastle ( a Trust hospital ) . |
| 11 | Still , I did n't risk a second run and instead I turned left at the end and found myself back on Plumstead Road . |
| 12 | No , I just came over fields , I went along and followed a dyke , I turned left at the cafe , and then followed the first I saw going up . |
| 13 | If I had found the cramped interior of the U-boat at Kiel oppressive , it was nothing to the claustrophobia I felt inside the midget submarine , and I marvelled again at the courage and calm that had enabled Place and his crew to live a daily life in such surroundings , far less undertake and brilliantly accomplish their mission . |
| 14 | Every time that I passed the spot , over the next year or two , I glanced quickly at the building , then scooted past . |
| 15 | I hit violently at the door , I tried to force it with the nail , and managed to hurt my hand . |
| 16 | One of the most striking facts of the Commonwealth , as I saw clearly at the Commonwealth conference in Harare , is the immense affection and admiration that exists for Her Majesty the Queen among all Commonwealth leaders and countries . |
| 17 | Even so , some brain cells were still working , as I stared inwardly at the nub of the problem . |
| 18 | He went ; and I stared again at the Modigliani , caressed the Rodin , surveyed the room . |
| 19 | I stared wonderingly at the small , wax candle which I had thrown on to the floor of my chamber . |
| 20 | I stared helplessly at the announcement , written now in a very shaky hand , and did as he asked . |
| 21 | I stared stupidly at the bag in my hand as if it had just been dropped there from a helicopter . |
| 22 | Then I looked again at the passenger opposite me . |
| 23 | I looked again at the passenger on my left . |
| 24 | As they swung past me I looked again at the SPs and my hear gave a thud . |
| 25 | I looked helplessly at the doctor . |
| 26 | I looked sadly at the sea , but stayed in my box , and after a while I fell asleep . |
| 27 | Then I looked closer at the clock . |
| 28 | On the train I looked furtively at the lock on the carriage door and watched the railway embankment carefully as if assessing the effect of falling out onto it at speed . |
| 29 | But none of this disturbed my mind or my body as I looked across at the girl in the coffee bar . |
| 30 | I looked hard at the photograph . |