Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i [vb past] at " in BNC.
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1 | Whether as Minister for Aviation or as Minister for Coal and Electricity , I had the same experience whenever I arrived at a meeting of the Council of Ministers . |
2 | But despite how I felt at first about myself when I lost my leg , I have n't really had that many problems with boyfriends . |
3 | I honestly ca n't remember how I felt at the time — I think I was just shocked . |
4 | ( How I thrilled at her use of my first name ! ) |
5 | And then her poor face melted like a candle into nothing and how I cried at what I had done to make her lose all her features . ’ |
6 | Th th er th did I tell you about er how I how I started at , how I left school ? |
7 | ‘ Madeleine , Mrs Appleby is a person , not just a cook ; and in the days when I lived at Maythorpe House , she was enormously kind to me , ’ Harry said . |
8 | If I said I saw sex organs when I looked at your rotten ink blots that would really get you going , would n't it ? |
9 | But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky . |
10 | Why ca n't I seem to remember what I saw before when I looked at these things … |
11 | I saw them here last time when I looked at them . |
12 | ‘ I had n't really been involved with rugby since 1984 when I retired at Bath but I was delighted when Blaina contacted me ’ , he commented . |
13 | It was October when I arrived at Binbrook , and as winter approached the air became bitingly cold . |
14 | Then suddenly , every morning when I arrived at school two kids would stand by the gate and shout out , ‘ Nigger , nigger , pull your trigger ! |
15 | That afternoon when I arrived at Miss Havisham 's house , it was n't Estella who opened the gate , but a cousin of the old lady 's . |
16 | I remember when I worked at Ollerton colliery in the constituency of the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) that the management had to use haulage bogeys to take fresh water to the miners , who were drinking it faster than it could be ferried to them . |
17 | I had none of [ the former ] assets when I started at the Bar ; but my 25 years in practice were the happiest in my life . |
18 | Yesterday , when I called at the house before the funeral I was afraid of what I would find . |
19 | I now see that Travis is so smitten that he would n't accept anything but that , meeting me for the first time when I called at your apartment , you at once became very much attracted to me . |
20 | And that 's when I waved at the Guards major Nogin and set in motion the arrest of Ralph Pike . |
21 | They always encouraged varied materials where I studied at art college in Loughborough . |
22 | But so far , that 's why I chitted at him this morning about that coal because I 've been using this all morning , I 've not been lighting fire till between one and three o'clock . |
23 | Might , perhaps ; there 's just something ; that 's why I asked at the meeting , but I 'd have to see the letter first , partly to see what 's in it , partly just to see it . ’ |