Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] [pron] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Was I sure I had seen it at all ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I had expected it at some point . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |