Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] at [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My youngest daughter Ella will be two on Sunday — yet it seems like only yesterday that I looked at her pink , scrunched-up face for the first time and fell in love with her funny , quirky personality . |
| 2 | I just wanted to tell you that I glanced at your book while cleaning my master 's study ( he is a doctor ) and it has had a terrible effect on me . |
| 3 | That seemed all right , but over dinner Alison began to act oddly — as if she was enjoying herself — so I scowled at her and asked her what the problem was . |
| 4 | he seemed like , he , he , I looked at him , right , and I looked at everything about him and I thought that is the kind of guy I want , which is true , but it was n't the guy . |
| 5 | Like the midwife who came to see me said , " Ooh , you 're only seventeen " , and I looked at her — how old do you have to be to have a baby — forty or something ? |
| 6 | We sat right down by the ashes of a fire , and I looked at them , and I did n't wonder who could have made them . |
| 7 | And I looked at them and I thought , that is n't soft peach any more . |
| 8 | And I looked at them and I thought well it 's a lot of money to pay out , we 'll see what comes in . |
| 9 | Both Coconut and I looked at him in astonishment . |
| 10 | And I looked at him carefully , and began to think . |
| 11 | Helen Stoner and I looked at him in surprise . |
| 12 | And I looked at him , and he went , no I made a mistake on it . |
| 13 | my dad this morning he woke me up by pulling me up by the hair , bashing my face into the pillow a couple of times , I just looked at , then go , and I looked at him |
| 14 | And I looked at her , I said what for . |
| 15 | staying open , I ai n't going , I ca n't handle it I said I just wan na get out , it was really like a sentence I just could n't stand it of course I laughed , me and Elaine went to the meeting same place , same wall and I kept looking at her and we brought you in here to say thanks , and Elaine looked at me and I looked at her and I said well if that 's all he 's got ta say I said I 'm not , I , what did I say to Elaine ? |
| 16 | And I looked at her and I thought you ca n't say that ! |
| 17 | And I looked at his sad face . |
| 18 | It took me about three or four minutes to rescue it and I looked at my ‘ prize ’ . |
| 19 | And my hands were going like this and I looked at my clock and it was about six o'clock and it was still pitch black because it jump back into bed . |
| 20 | There was one particular hole and I looked at it and thought , in a million years we will never get up there . |
| 21 | ‘ When at Fort Desire , in Patagonia ( lat 48 ’ ) , Mr Martens shot an ostrich ; and I looked at it , forgetting at the moment , in the most unaccountable manner , the whole subject of the petise , and thought it was a two-third grown one of the common sort . |
| 22 | and it and I looked at it |
| 23 | So no you got a full slice she fetched it , put it on table and I looked at it and I says she says what 's the matter , int everything alright ? |
| 24 | He was like just being an adviser , he was n't like trying to design it , and I looked at it all for a long time and I said Bembo , which I had never heard of . |
| 25 | He stopped and drew a long breath and I stared at him and said : ‘ Are you serious ? ’ |
| 26 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're laughing at me and I laughed at myself , but he 's the best astrologer in London . |
| 28 | He turned , waiting for me , and I ran at him with my sword . |
| 29 | She was talking very softly and I yelled at her ‘ Do please talk so that I can understand you ’ in a very irritated voice . |
| 30 | It was a cheerful prognosis and I leapt at it . |