Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one occasion a boy I rather liked looked at me and said to his group , ‘ Bellezza d'asino ’ ( beauty of a donkey ) , which , strange as it may seem , was meant in Parma as a compliment . |
| 2 | The other thing which is actually mentioned that we one of the worst aspects was done and I personally tried to look at what the impact on road building around elsewhere and it is absolutely appalling and er I think that is something which is to be , I 'm sure it will be , will be called out . |
| 3 | When I was with other girls I especially enjoyed playing at nunneries , and pretending to be nuns . |
| 4 | but I just had to look at them , that was enough . |
| 5 | I just had to stay at home for a bit . |
| 6 | I just wanted to look at the Earth . |
| 7 | She had hit a note of such deep truth in me that I just sat looking at her . |
| 8 | When I finally stopped growing at the age of 17 I felt relief . |
| 9 | I always stopped to look at it , although I knew it was much too expensive . |
| 10 | A Brobdingnagian vandal , I demolished ants ' nests to watch the dramatic ‘ Saving of the Eggs ’ ; I also gazed hypnotised at the huge , tropical-coloured spiders that lived in the ivy . |
| 11 | Well , I really did slog at it and once back in school I said to him : ‘ Tell what you think of this ’ . |
| 12 | I almost learned to ski at the cost of a torn jacket and a twisted elbow . |
| 13 | ‘ I never ate looking at the back of somebody 's head before , ’ Goldie muses . |