Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ No , I got held Up at the office . ’ |
2 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I got held up at the office . ’ |
3 | ‘ I got held up at the last minute . ’ |
4 | I turned to look back at the softly gleaming , parallel surfaces converging towards an oblong of dimly lit structures , an oblong much taller and narrower than any doorway . |
5 | ‘ When I started riding again at the IRTA tests in late February I had not ridden a 500 for five months and that 's too long to be away from a 500 . |
6 | I managed to glare back at the boy , who went on chewing . |
7 | I kept looking up at the Royal Box and thinking , ‘ Stevie Foster would have stood there . ’ ’ |
8 | When mum and I had checked in at the travel desk and given in our suit cases we were able to wander around and have something to eat until our flight was called out . |
9 | As happens in any new venture , I discovered that the hours I had to put in at the beginning seemed to outnumber those available in any day . |
10 | I had called round at the house early in the week to check on how things had gone over the weekend . |
11 | A new girl whom I had met previously at the school exchange joined my class and because the girl who had been my original friend still wanted my friendship in particular , jealousy began as both people wanted me ( oh , oh , so popular , eh ? ! ! ) |
12 | I had arrived up at the office one morning to relieve Freda from night duty , and found her sitting up there looking pleased with herself and Jim looking solemn . |
13 | They all stared at me wide-eyed and continued to stand and stare even after I had sat down at the table . |
14 | I stood looking down at the pavement below the payphone while Dennis padded across the wall-to-wall carpeting and called distantly to his wife . |
15 | When I saw her crying , with her neck all swollen , I wanted to lash out at the doctor who 'd done this to her . |