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 .
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