Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bradshaw was the only man I met to laugh at twenty-foot waves . |
| 2 | I got swore at many a time , I did . |
| 3 | The first opportunity I got to look at this stuff is on Sunday on the library |
| 4 | I tried to explain at that press conference and the only one who understood was Bridges , the only one . |
| 5 | As I slid the door bolt home I stopped counting at ninety-two . |
| 6 | as a pension , so if I 'd retired at that point , and then worked part time |
| 7 | Well when I was thirteen I supposed to be having b bad trouble and I went to doctor 's and instead of knocking off school at waiting till I was fourteen , I 'd finished at thirteen . |
| 8 | ‘ If I 'd started at 17 or 18 , who knows what I might have achieved . |
| 9 | And I 'd started at six in the morning . |
| 10 | ‘ All the time I spent looking at that portrait , probably , ’ he mused , his lips curved in a smile of satisfaction . |
| 11 | The door of his room was open , his desk was unlocked , and I decided to look at this memento . |
| 12 | And then I started to understand at some deep level that it is not only the dream-world one desires but the world one imagines . |
| 13 | ‘ St Louis Music was one of the companies I went to see at that time , and it felt like Ampeg , especially , was home for me . |
| 14 | No , I 've I I did think at one time whether to pass a note , bye ! |
| 15 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |
| 16 | I did wonder at first whether or not they realized what they were taking on because Baldersdale is another world compared to what they have been accustomed to — very different indeed . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I did look at that , Robert . |
| 18 | Erm I did know at that particular time know what it was to have holes in my shoes , and a piece of cardboard put into it to protect your foot from the hole . |
| 19 | Well look at the time you see I did promise at one o'clock to make five o'clock arrive earlier , quicker and we got there in style for the past four hours . |
| 20 | You , getting all put some back in , I need some by six o'clock , I said comes at six thirty , you ca n't have it we 're bloody cooking , any way I though you done John 's said his got because come on . |
| 21 | Two fingers I had waved at that driver as he thundered past me , cursing me through the open cab window and fighting the wheel , and those two fingers I now regretted having on my hand . |
| 22 | And that , I I was , my hus , during the time mother was ill , my husband took ill , now this is where authorities do n't give you any back up , instead of sending him to hospital which was fifteen minutes by bus , I could have visited him every day they sent him to the other side of the county which only allowed a visit once a week , and meant I had to leave at twelve o'clock and get home at six ! |
| 23 | I used to do that when I was working and I had to leave at half four , used to do our kids , see when that clock gets to nine waken me I 'm fucking cold out our Ashley said mummy it 's after nine |
| 24 | I had to wait at most a couple of minutes before Dennis opened the back door , walked across to the garage , unlocked it , swung the door up and stepped inside . |
| 25 | Telephone call took twenty minutes and had to explain how I had arrived at such a decision . |
| 26 | It was not as I had expected at all because living in the kind of commune that Mary Finnigan 's house was , there was n't a lot of time for romance . |
| 27 | ‘ And even though most would have been quite happy to get where I had got at that age , I believe that a man is nothing unless he believes he has greater possibilities . |
| 28 | amazed that I had returned at all , and |
| 29 | I started to dig in one corner of it , and I dug for six months , winter months , erm and erm managed a shallow pool which erm was n't what I had envisaged at all , but erm two snipe lived there and liked it . |
| 30 | I HAVE always had a clear idea of what I hoped to achieve at certain points in my life , which has given me a sense of direction . |