Example sentences of "and i [vb past] [pers pn] at " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I bought my first one in 1974 and I had it at least ten years .
2 The chamber had priestly vestments draped on dummies like olden days tailors might have used , and I identified it at once by the basin and marble slab in the corner .
3 We were driving north and I saw it at once .
4 I had what I refer to as the Flower Gentleman come to call on me — I 'm terrible at remembering names — and I liked him at once .
5 I began to think that I had found a friend , and I answered him at once .
6 ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 .
7 When Callahan and I visited him at his large house on Sunset Beach , it was like walking around a graveyard : every board was a headstone with memories buried beneath it .
8 One this girl traced my hand and I traced hers at the same time — I went very slowly , which triggered her ticklishness , and she laughed every time my pencil made it to the place between two of her fingers , but she was brave , she stayed put .
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