Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Brownie Helper 's husband would act as chauffeur , so not being able to think of more excludes , I duly arrived at the appointed hour , to find a welcoming party of six little girls , all anxious to fetch and carry equipment . |
| 2 | When I eventually arrived at the hospital I was feeling in the best of spirits and apparently shook the sisters by asking them to bring on the dancing girls . ’ |
| 3 | When I 'd finished , I did n't look at Mum and Dad , I just stared at the carpet . |
| 4 | I just stared at the wall . |
| 5 | On that frozen trackway , however , I just stared at the grotesque thing lying in the snow ; the hand seemed to be thrusting up through the earth as if some ghoul was struggling to rise from its grave . |
| 6 | There 's a serious , a serious side Lord Mayor , to that greeting cos I just looked at the number of companies that are owned this shareholders scheme that they like to promote , the number of companies that 're owned by foreign nationals . |
| 7 | I just looked at the man , I thought , I oh god I ca n't cope with this ! |
| 8 | No I just looked at the clock that was all it was |
| 9 | Right so I just stopped at the paracetamol , and I says , Och , I 'd better not go back up . |
| 10 | When I finally moved at the end of September , it was an enormous step in my life . |
| 11 | The first part I ever did at the Old Vic was Ophelia , in 1957 . |
| 12 | I do n't know why but I see that more clearly now than I ever did at the time . |
| 13 | I also pressed at the city board for something to be done about this problem of the er people disappearing off the poll tax register at an alarming rate I must add . |
| 14 | I also looked at the painted surface . |
| 15 | Sir Henry and I both looked at the picture . |
| 16 | Maté and I now stood at the junction of the cathedral 's great T. The vertical limb of this overpowering architectural masterpiece sloped downwards . |
| 17 | The flat in West Kensington was really only three large , formerly elegant rooms , with ceilings so high that I often gaped at the room 's proportions , as if I were in a derelict cathedral . |
| 18 | I goofishly hovered at the edges of her very own unique drama . |
| 19 | I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was . |
| 20 | I invariably sat at the back of the class for reasons not unconnected with gang warfare , and if I needed to glance at the blackboard there was always someone to show me roughly where it was . |
| 21 | I then looked at the section of the report headed ’ Economic Impact ’ where there was nothing at all about the damage to the coal industry . |
| 22 | ‘ I never noticed at the time . |
| 23 | ‘ Eh , gracias , eh , señor , ’ I half spat at the small man as I turned my back on him and left . |
| 24 | I was so thankful she was well that I too laughed at the repartee . |