Example sentences of "at [noun] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought , and then I happened to go , Jim came to carry the fruit and vegetables for me and when it had opened again , and there was she with this , I looked at Jim and I said ah ! |
| 2 | The reaction of my careers adviser at University when I confessed my inclination was gloomy but perhaps at the time realistic : ‘ That 's all very well , but what are you going to do when you grow up ? ’ |
| 3 | My gorgeous glossy dark locks used to be Mummy 's Delight when I was little , but now it was just wavy like the sea at Brighton and I wore it long with a flyaway fringe — well , it was flyaway if I could stick it solidly enough with gel or spray . |
| 4 | Do you think , ’ he looked straight at Mandeville and I admired the fellow 's courage , ‘ do you really think , Sir Edmund Mandeville , that the people of these parts do n't know the true reason for your presence here ? |
| 5 | I remembered that German lad at er sat at side and I gave of one my gun buttons and he gave me this postcard . |
| 6 | Millwall manager Mick McCarthy admitted : ‘ I did advise the lads to cool down at half-time because I did n't want anyone sent off . |
| 7 | And I looked at Sue and I said you know she 's got twenty jobs erm two cleaning and |
| 8 | Over at Basingstoke and I had a look in the shoe shops , and that , they would be very handy for me erm lace up though |
| 9 | One look at Meadowbrook and I knew he was hopeless for us . |
| 10 | He assured the drunken Bowyer that he would always be welcome at Templecombe and I recalled the friendship formed between Pilate and Herod . |
| 11 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
| 12 | I was no good at rugby so I took up rowing . |
| 13 | His interest and concern calmed me and sitting in his study at the back of the church I felt more at peace than I had in a long time . |
| 14 | I could n't be at peace until I knew the answers to these . |
| 15 | and the other chap that brought it round was very nice and we were talking and she said we worked at Panasonic and I said to him said yes , and I , I said oh I know somebody who works for Panasonic , and she said oh they probably know each other and she told me . |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose I really understood what was at stake when I got my first glimpse of the castle , ’ she admitted , unable to disguise a rather wry smile . |
| 17 | Francis , hands thrust deep into his trouser pockets , said : ‘ I thought he seemed a bit queer at lunch but I did n't expect it to come to this … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I said you were at work but I did n't let him have your number . |
| 19 | My mother was at work and I called her on the telephone . |
| 20 | It would have been better than staying at home but I did not want to wear a school uniform . |
| 21 | Before , I loved being at home but I loved being in work too and I do miss it , the girls and all . |
| 22 | you know , thinking they will , oh christ you know what am I sitting down here for doing that anyhow , I could of been done that at home before I did n't have |
| 23 | He phoned me last night at home and I said you got your message then ? |
| 24 | ‘ It 's just like a piano and so much so that we have n't even got one at home and I did n't practice on one before the competition I can just switch to playing it instead of a piano , ’ said Lisa . |
| 25 | But yes , I would rather be at home if I had the choice . |
| 26 | I was sitting under Marcus 's chair in the garden on one of those days when he stays at home when I heard this noise from next door . |
| 27 | And there have been days I 'd have liked her at home when I had a headache or one of the nuns had roared at me at school . |
| 28 | I decided to study linguistics at M.I.T. Although I learned a great deal , particularly regarding rigorous methods in linguistics , I must confess that the M.I.T. approach to linguistics was too narrow for my taste , and I found the hothouse atmosphere there somewhat uncomfortable . |
| 29 | I was real good at sports and I wanted to be a professional football player . |
| 30 | The former Spurs star , who has won three caps , said : ‘ The England manager was at Forest and I did n't do myself justice . |