Example sentences of "[coord] i [vb past] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 .
2 One this girl traced my hand and I traced hers at the same time — I went very slowly , which triggered her ticklishness , and she laughed every time my pencil made it to the place between two of her fingers , but she was brave , she stayed put .
3 Then the talk turned to the West and I found myself at the centre of questions .
4 The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag .
5 ‘ I suppose I took the wrong path , ’ he said , ‘ and I found myself at the edge of a cliff . ’
6 I do n't think he meant it , looking back , but I believed him at the time .
7 Er but I did it at a scale like erm one centimetre for o for every hour it 's blowing in that direction .
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