Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I think you 're a very brave girl , ’ he said ‘ — braver even than I thought at first . |
2 | Just to say that the trip worked out slightly cheaper than I anticipated at first and have pleasure in returning a little bit from your cheque . |
3 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you . |
4 | ‘ But I felt less affection and respect for you when I said it then , than I do at this minute , when I ca n't honestly say it . |
5 | " Now I feel younger at seventy than I did at sixty . |
6 | Mind you , my elder daughter takes a lot more responsibility for herself than I did at that age . ’ |
7 | In fact , I look better now than I did at 20 and I 'm still pretty fit . |
8 | ‘ I sha n't be going far — even if I go at all . ’ |
9 | Now if I do it at half that speed , if I do if I drive at thirty miles an hour , how long will it take me to do the sixty miles ? |
10 | If I squint at one window , I look over the plaza . |
11 | It was only eight-thirty and it did n't seem likely that I 'd go to bed early , if I went at all . |
12 | Not that I want to look as if I shop at Next , or look cute , or anything , it 's just that I ca n't afford to dress the way I 'd like to . |
13 | I could , if I retire at sixty five I can have twenty this is the best bit , twenty one thousand pound in a lump sum . |
14 | If I pay at 50 per cent , I only need give 50 . |
15 | You built a little plan , that if I leave at ten past eight , I miss that traffic , or I , whatever it is that you do n't often plan till the holidays , but after a while it stopped being a decision making process . |
16 | This is how my mind works : If I leave at 10.30 that gives me an hour before I go to sleep to stuff myself . |
17 | ‘ Perhaps I mock the world in general , if I mock at all . |
18 | The climb continued by Knarlton hoot to Hudson Quarry , where wild sage was growing thickly amongst the limestone and grass , until I came at last to the rougher pasture below Hazely . |
19 | Not quite cos I mean at one time , when he was Christopher 's age god he was never free from cold was he ? |
20 | I could partly understand Sally 's comments because I heard at second hand from Jack Mason about the bickering that went on between manufacturers and the players ' agents about contracts . |
21 | Is it because I studied in your country — or is it because I studied at all ? ’ |
22 | ‘ I 'm getting fed up with people telling me that , because I think at last I do know what I 'm doing . |
23 | This is because I have at last discovered the key to my existence , the meaning of my life . |
24 | Because I look at hard times and I make this vow : This will not stand . " |
25 | I keep buying after I go at half past they half a dozen |
26 | and then there 's me , tell me when it gets to eleven and like I had to go and get a shower and put the dinner all out and all before I left at half four . |
27 | When I passed at this point MacArthur said perhaps I would like to hear his summary as a soldier and as no businessman or textile expert . |
28 | When I knocked at another door , it was opened by a tall , thin man , with long , dirty hair hanging down to his shoulders . |
29 | When I returned at twenty past three |
30 | When I left at two o'clock , Tally and I were addressing each other by first names ( ‘ Elliot ’ was strange to him and we settled for ‘ Ellix ’ ) and I was able to address the two waitresses by their first names without feeling uncomfortable . |