Example sentences of "i [verb] at it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crossing again to the fireplace , I gazed at it with awe , and had I been of a religious bent I would have fallen on my knees and prayed that the water would meet Nigel 's requirements so that on winter evenings , when we were doing our Darby and Joan bit , we could sit and worship the spirit of the fire , the hearth , the very essence of our home . |
| 2 | Why am I firing at it ? |
| 3 | ‘ I shouted at it in English but it kept on . |
| 4 | Why do I baulk at it ? |
| 5 | And so in conclusion I looking at it and the exhibitions we 've made to you and to the county in the course of the consultation draft is that this county does not need this policy and that it is in fact an insidious and repressive kind of policy that it contrary to national planning guidance and should not be included in the alterations . |
| 6 | I look at it and I do n't even see it . |
| 7 | Another said , ‘ The way I look at it , it 's too late now ; there 's nothing can be done which can put the clock back ; let's see what we can do to help the victim ’ ( FN 6/11/87 , p. 35 ) . |
| 8 | It smears my file , and I feel sick every time I look at it . |
| 9 | But the way I look at it , if you ca n't have a spectacular manoeuvre , have a spectacular wipeout — it 's good for the public . ’ |
| 10 | deserve us The way I look at it we 're a public |
| 11 | It 's good , but I look at it like … did you see the movie ‘ Road Warrior ’ ? ' |
| 12 | That 's the way I look at it . |
| 13 | ‘ The way I look at it , they 're over there and are lucky enough to make a dollar for something they enjoy . |
| 14 | The way I look at it is that if I was scoring goals for Juventus we might be conceding more at the other end because I have other responsibilities now . ’ |
| 15 | But not any more , because you see this is how I look at it now : those kind of schools grind you into a certain way of thinking and … and somehow , unless you become very careful , you 're stuck that way for the rest of your life . |
| 16 | The only thing that changes is our bodily condition , soul comes into the body and we go from birth to death , and how I look at it is that death is like taking your suit off . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , you know , like he says he was coming up to you — this is the way I look at it — coming up to ask you to lend , say , a lawnmower , right — this is when he 's no drunk , ordinary sober , you know — and he 'll be walking up to you and thinking about it at the same time . |
| 18 | ‘ When I look at it logically , it would have been a bit selfish for me to have had a child . |
| 19 | I mean correct me if I 'm wrong , that 's the way I look at it . |
| 20 | I look at it , and it stops . |
| 21 | For the last couple of days I have frantically been trying to work out some sort of compromise , but whichever way I look at it , I just do not have the cash to flee the country . |
| 22 | I look at it and I want to know where it comes from . |
| 23 | Sometimes I look at it and think it 's such a waste . |
| 24 | That 's how I look at it . |
| 25 | ‘ Every time I look at it I see some detail for the first time — a tiny insect on a stone , a bird half hidden by foliage , a shadow which yesterday escaped me . |
| 26 | I look at it . |
| 27 | ‘ The way I look at it , ’ Blunt said , ‘ the chap ca n't stay up if his plane wo n't fly . |
| 28 | And er you know you you save your money and you take your pick that 's that 's how I look at it . |
| 29 | The way I look at it is this : I asked for help , and they gave it . |
| 30 | On my right , as I look at it , are the five lofty plane trees which shade the back gardens of Downing Street . |