Example sentences of "[that] i [vb past] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gave up the stiff white collars that I had worn at the advertising agency and was careful to wear plain ties ; but my suits were Burton 's at £10 a time . |
| 2 | Given that they had the ‘ weather works ’ that day in the shape of sleet , hail , wind and rain , whilst simultaneously a view of quite a lot of snow on Vesuvius , I was glad that I had stayed at home with a good book . |
| 3 | I stayed for a while about twenty paces away from the platform barrier , numbed by the realization that I had fallen at the first hurdle . |
| 4 | He picked up one of those brown shiny golf-balls that I had seen at Pike 's and rolled it across the desk to me . |
| 5 | Following the work that I had done at the MU on the Circuit Board Fault Diagnostic Aid in connection with my MSc project , 2 members of the staff had gained experience of expert systems : the Chief Technician and a civilian who had assisted me during the project . |
| 6 | I felt helpless and despairing and suddenly so ill that I had to clutch at the door to stop myself falling . |
| 7 | from Liverpool Street I wanted to get to Oxford Circus which meant that I had to change at , I forget where now , because I 'm in such a , a muddle now after all this , |
| 8 | amazed that I had returned at all , and |
| 9 | Knowing that I had to start at a new school in the city , with new people and new teachers , I began to worry all over again . |
| 10 | The kitchen looked so clean and bright , and the ladies so kind and sensible , that I dared to knock at the door . |
| 11 | The union then supported me further when I got another job and was a steward there , a branch secretary a district committee member and then on the regional committee and they also helped to put me through polytechnic and into the job that I did looking at mergers at the University of Warwick . |
| 12 | It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment . |
| 13 | ‘ There was something I remembered that I wanted to look at , and I thought it would be an interesting place to spend my leave . |