Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I avoided looking at the headless pigeon in the gutter .
2 To a young doctor like myself , these were my ‘ valuables ’ — the Zeiss Ikon microscope in the scuffed leather case , its precious lenses protected from dust by silk covers ; the glass-lidded box of stainless-steel instruments — retractors , forceps , hooks , scissors and needles ; my much-thumbed copy of that heavy-going but essential tome , Gray 's Anatomy ; manuals of pharmacology and pharmacy ; Belding 's Textbook of Clinical Parasitology and Strong 's Prevention and Treatment of Tropical Diseases , both of which I 'd bought at the last minute in the hope that the young man in John Bell & Croyden in Wigmore Street was right when he assured me that they provided ‘ the answers to all tropical problems ’ ; and some bound volumes of the British Medical Journal which I had picked up cheap in Charing Cross Road .
3 It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment .
4 I turned to look at the young man beside me , his long fingered hands resting on the steering wheel .
5 I turned to look at the retreating figures of my two friends , feeling unbearably isolated , and went to eat alone in the cafeteria . ’
6 I decided to look at the local statistics for asthma deaths in West Cumbria from the public health department for the years 1980 to 1989 .
7 As I made my way home and tried to comprehend the logic of taking another batsman on board , I kept arriving at the same conclusion — that I 'd be better off out of it .
8 It 's a pure technicality , Mr chairman , but I did ask at the previous meeting er , that the erm , director of property services respond to me on a matter relating to Wootton Bassett magistrate 's court , If we have such a large amount of money that we can spend I think the questions that I posed then , er are relevant and I would appreciate a reply .
9 ‘ Life has changed , Shama , ’ I said looking at the Japanese thermos on the chair by my bed and the round box of Danish biscuits which I had been given ‘ in case you are hungry in the night ’ .
10 I had lived at the same place in Hampstead for over twenty years and so , as a sitting tenant , my rent was pretty cheap .
11 I stayed for a while about twenty paces away from the platform barrier , numbed by the realization that I had fallen at the first hurdle .
12 I had started at the Royal College of Music , and the atmosphere there was at first hostile to volunteering .
13 I had to park at The Three Pigeons I could n't get in !
14 I sat staring at the empty screen for a long time , oblivious of everything around me , including Frejji 's cursing as she struggled with interfield links .
15 You did n't think I intended to stay at the Crowned Head , did you ? ’
16 If I wanted to point at the put directory .
17 ‘ No , I 've been to the office , and I wanted to look at the projected sales figures for this quarter .
18 To put it more simply , I wanted to look at the reciprocal interaction between individuals and their immediate social world .
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