Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 2 | I made my entry at the end of the song . |
| 3 | One day before we had moved up there I was at the melin for a few days with an actress friend from London when I announced my attendance at a jumble sale that afternoon . |
| 4 | I announced his name at Reception , and the girl rang up the guy and said , ‘ Your taxi 's here … . ’ |
| 5 | Well in the fifties , forty years of age was hugely old , I mean my dad at forty when I remember back was like a really old man at forty in those days . |
| 6 | Course they got away with income tax out of that because they were n't , they were n't much erm to do with income tax that time , I mean my tax at that time of the year was about , at that time was about four pound a year when I was erm , when I was working and you only paid income tax once a year . |
| 7 | When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year . |
| 8 | The only thing I worry about is if I lose my mother at this time of life , before I 'm due for a pension — what 's going to happen to me ? |
| 9 | But I fear your position at law is more vulnerable than you suppose . |
| 10 | I met my husband at work and I 'm sure lots of other couples meet that way . |
| 11 | I trust our tenants at the end of the day if it is illegal I 'm sure that our tenants will not do it . |
| 12 | ‘ I expected my times at Marseille to be measured in years and months , not weeks and days . |
| 13 | It was on Stephen Leacock 's advice that I tried my hand at writing humour and found it very arduous work ; writing ordinary prose was hard enough , but trying to make it funny was even harder . |
| 14 | Martinque richly deserves its nickname of ‘ island of flowers ’ and against the background of this lush tropical island I tried my hand at water-skiing for the first time . |
| 15 | But the time the weather improved we had run out of bread again and I tried my hand at making some . |
| 16 | I tried his office at four o'clock and then his house at five , without success . |
| 17 | If he gets back , tell him I expect his attendance at the ball . ’ |
| 18 | Have I blamed Thy governance at all ? |
| 19 | I have this from her own mouth , for I visited her house at the Falster ferry , at a time when her husband was arrested for a crime . ’ |
| 20 | And then sailed from Montreal , I was going to go back my , it was my intention to go back to New York , but I changed my mind at Montreal and sailed down the St Lawrence from Montreal , back to Glasgow . |
| 21 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 22 | I say you fans at Lord 's can shame the TCCB into a re-think . |
| 23 | I discharged my responsibility at the court , and that is that . |
| 24 | I described our time at Canjuers , the singing and the landscapes . |
| 25 | ‘ We were all very shocked — I told my partners at prayers this morning . |
| 26 | One very quick point , sorry erm I do n't want to sound as if I feel I can but er I welcome your comment at the beginning the condition be be left out on what 's going on because I thought this was actually the key function of this committee and I mean I see these are being decision has been taken . |
| 27 | He sat next to me and I wrinkled my nose at the sweaty odour emanating from the long , black , food-stained gown he wore . |
| 28 | Scawsby leaned closer and I wrinkled my nose at his sour breath . |
| 29 | I have a pee , then I wash my hands at the sink . |
| 30 | So I put my mind at the place where the character I 'm playing is , and whatever is making her cry , I work on that and make that affect me . |