Example sentences of "[vb past] at the [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If he hears rumours about what happened at the museum I want him to know that nothing terrible happened after all . ’ |
| 2 | When we arrived at the hotel I found that he 'd booked us both into the same double room . |
| 3 | ‘ When I arrived at the river I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing because the water temperature was 4.1 degrees Centigrade and the air temperature was 1.8 degrees , ’ said Les . |
| 4 | When I arrived at the school I saw some people who I recognised from the induction days . |
| 5 | When I eventually arrived at the hospital I was feeling in the best of spirits and apparently shook the sisters by asking them to bring on the dancing girls . ’ |
| 6 | When I arrived at the counter I asked for Katrina . |
| 7 | I come to the hurdle which I confessed at the outset I might find difficult to clear : why collect first editions anyway , since the path is so littered with obstructions , difficulties and bibliographical rubbish , and the pilgrimage is often attended with so much expense ? |
| 8 | ‘ My mother died at the age I am myself and I never thought I 'd be older than her . |
| 9 | Now as I looked at the tree I saw that the great things had been there all the time but I had mistaken them for the background . |
| 10 | He looked at the holes I had dug and grinned . |
| 11 | He walked up here , walked to your house , looked at the bus I do n't know where 'd he come from |
| 12 | While there are problems in the class , … when I looked at the programme I could see that problems that are caused because you are not explaining yourself , you are not getting them down to work , they do n't understand what they 're doing . |
| 13 | And the wallpaper , I looked at the wallpaper I thought , God if I can get a blind like that ! |
| 14 | From what I learned at the meeting I ca n't see why he thinks I 'm up to such a task , but maybe la bête a ses raisons que la belle ne connaît pas . |
| 15 | As I said at the beginning I love a challenge and I would put pretty well everything into making sure that Virgin Atlantic is here in twenty years ' time . |
| 16 | As I said at the beginning I think one should be wary about using the word natural , because sometimes people use it you know to promote something you know like on advertising you know it 's natural , must be good for you , but at the same time there are certain things that are natural that are very bad for you like death and if I were to say you know death is natural , nobody would think I was advocating suicide of course not . |
| 17 | Well my Lord as I said as I said at the beginning I think the both Mr and myself considered that it might er assist your Lordship considerably if you have some time now to read er the witness statements and the reports from the expert which are in bundle three and indeed erm . |
| 18 | A lovely lady , Molly Braithwaite , came to teach , and one day as I sat at the back I felt ‘ Surely I could do a little of that gently swinging ’ , picked up a club , and was off ‘ moving with the Medau ’ . |