Example sentences of "at [pos pn] [noun sg] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father came and banged at my door when I did n't appear for breakfast . |
| 2 | He raised his eyes from the pattern and stared a long time at my friend and I — the only two white people on the journey . |
| 3 | I looked at my friend and I said , ‘ I 'm going to get arrested today . |
| 4 | We could n't get a babysitter , so I was expecting a cold TV dinner thrown at my head when I rolled back . |
| 5 | I could tell that my father was looking at me from the other end of the table , swilling his juice round in his glass and staring at my head as I bent over my plate . |
| 6 | He started up at my scream and I saw the dark blood on him and on me . |
| 7 | ‘ They were forwarded to me here at my request and I was impressed . |
| 8 | So I look at my watch and I see it 's nearly midnight . |
| 9 | So I was standing there and I thought to myself pretend I 'm looking at my watch and I 'm waiting for someone . |
| 10 | The smell of burning plastic stayed in my nose and the bright glare of the burning mixture danced in my eyes as I hurried to the next hole , glancing at my watch as I did so . |
| 11 | Sometimes I look at my father and I wonder what 's going on in his mind , why it is that there 's so much hatred , so much poison inside him . |
| 12 | And what I need to do I 'll I 'll catch a taxi at my place and I 'd do a copy and then bring it in . |
| 13 | I could hardly look at my dinner when I got home . |
| 14 | A dark figure kneels at my bedside and I can smell perfume . |
| 15 | It was at their home that I met Vene Graham who was the mother of Hellen 's best friend Shirley ( now Buchanan ) . |
| 16 | More especially , I wondered at their risk when I learnt that some of them had landed across the Channel and were astonished to find that the natives did not speak English . |
| 17 | It was a time when the whole underground culture was at its height and I was very much involved in that and had been since early ‘ 67 . |
| 18 | He would too — he was so angry at her threat that I 'm sure she would never dare to carry it out . ’ |
| 19 | Fenella must have heard me , as she appeared at her door as I reached the first landing . |
| 20 | I looked at her card as I did my hair . |
| 21 | No , it would n't have surprised me if he 'd been at his easel while I was painting the town red ! |
| 22 | My hackles began to rise at his tone but I kept my voice calm . |
| 23 | At the Hospedaje Lisboa where Dana stayed — ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — I looked up at his window as I had so often done on those lonely days and nights he spent away from me . |
| 24 | He was sitting at his desk and I went and put my arms round him from behind , and nuzzled his ear . |
| 25 | ‘ He is good at his job and I do n't want him to lose it because of something stupid like this . ’ |
| 26 | an electro cardiograph , it 's a tracing of the electrical il impulses from the heart given off by the heart and this chap came in he 'd never had one before and he was nervous anyway , so I 'm trying to put him at his ease and I , I put , you have to put like a rubber band round their arms and legs and attach erm electrodes to them , you do n't feel anything , you 're only measuring the electrical impulses given off by the heart |
| 27 | He erm he was n't giving evidence at the enquiry , but erm it was at his suggestion that I was asked to meet with the Chief Planning Officer prior to the to talk about alternative sites . |
| 28 | I was quite surprised at his reaction when I informed him of the death of ‘ Egg and chips twice ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I told the BMA at our meeting that I was not changing my ground , and after my explanation of the position they accepted my assurance . ’ |
| 30 | And : ‘ Nigel would have been delighted at your success and I was very moved by your point that at no time was he attended or touched by any but those close to him . |