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 .
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