Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | However , Brownie Helper 's husband would act as chauffeur , so not being able to think of more excludes , I duly arrived at the appointed hour , to find a welcoming party of six little girls , all anxious to fetch and carry equipment . |
2 | On that frozen trackway , however , I just stared at the grotesque thing lying in the snow ; the hand seemed to be thrusting up through the earth as if some ghoul was struggling to rise from its grave . |
3 | The first part I ever did at the Old Vic was Ophelia , in 1957 . |
4 | I also looked at the painted surface . |
5 | ‘ Eh , gracias , eh , señor , ’ I half spat at the small man as I turned my back on him and left . |