Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to tell them at first , but now I just smile and say nuffin' , like Brer Rabbit . ’ |
| 2 | I did n't want to tell her I 'd done nothing at all so I told a sort of white lie — said I was halfway through the first draft . |
| 3 | None of the nurses spoke to me , nothing , till 2 o'clock that afternoon , which I 'd had her at 7.30 in the morning … |
| 4 | I hope to see you at one of the shows soon but do join me here next month for hints on lace knitting . |
| 5 | I hated seeing myself at first — we all did . |
| 6 | ‘ And if I could make one more suggestion — if I ask to see you at ten in the morning , and you wander in at ten-thirty , you will be looking elsewhere for employment . |
| 7 | I had never met the head of governors , Dr Arnold Barton , though I had seen him at several functions , a thin , tall , stern-faced , lantern-jawed streak of a man who rarely seemed to smile . |
| 8 | Was I sure I had seen it at all ? |
| 9 | I had expected them at that stage to do the decent thing and wait for us to catch up but , smelling their first blood of the season , they continued in much the same fashion and eventually ran out 7–0 victors . |
| 10 | I had expected it at some point . |
| 11 | well it 's , it 's it 's on at one o'clock , one o'clock and er it 's on erm half past six tonight , well I 've taped it at half past six tonight and after everybody 's watched the news I 've , I watched it after , er , you know , so , I watch it then an hour |
| 12 | I 've seen it at closed hand . |
| 13 | I thought , ‘ Oh my God , I 've found someone at last that really does care for me . ’ |
| 14 | " Ah , so I 've found you at last ! " |
| 15 | I 've found you at last ! ’ he cried . |
| 16 | I 've found you at last . |
| 17 | I 've brought him , I 've brought him at half five , because I was at the bus stop , leaning on the lamp-post and it was about twenty five past , and then he did n't come along to the next stop by and it got to twenty five |
| 18 | On the other hand , I 've got nothing at all against backing the scum.That way , if they lose and the bet does n't come up , you 're still happy anyway because they 've been beaten , and if they are going to win , you might as well make some money out of it . |
| 19 | Ah , thought Forest , I 've got it at last ! |
| 20 | Anyway — now that I 've got you at last … |
| 21 | Not that I 've got anything at all against them getting out and about a bit now , ’ he added hurriedly , not wanting another Grimma on his hands . |
| 22 | If I need to explain anything at all , it will be for his benefit , not yours . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't know what 's happened lately — the machine has either taken notice and chosen to behave or I have mastered it at last , because I have managed to finish two sweaters this week ! |