Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.

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1 As I wrapped myself in my gas cape and crouched down in a corner of the trench , I gazed up at the sky .
2 I gazed up at the building .
3 I gazed down at the reclining form .
4 From floor 110 , the highest point on the island , I gazed back at the midtown outbreak of skyscrapers , the Chrysler and the Empire State in their midst .
5 I was not Boat Race standard , but I got by at the level of intercollege competition .
6 Yes , I stopped off at the
7 I expect I woke up at the wrong time .
8 I woke up at the part where he was telling me it had been a mindless fling , and I should n't get upset over it .
9 My wife is a business woman with two shops and I came out at the height of the rag trade jamborees .
10 It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through
11 As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre .
12 I look around at the milling people , imagining we 'll be split up into smaller groups and led through the blank doors to sit in armchairs and watch a TV set on some kind of plinth .
13 Especially when I look around at the bug-eyed gawkers staring , almost hypnotised , at the images .
14 I look over at the changing room .
15 I look over at the posters on the wall .
16 It 's as if he still lives there , so when I go past I look up at the window I 'd put him in .
17 I look up at the windows .
18 I look back at the old woman , marvelling at Enid and Philip for finding her interesting enough to talk about .
19 I look back at the door .
20 He was a ‘ chest case ’ for years and when I look back at the photographs of him he 's always trying to look normal but actually his face is pained from trying to breathe .
21 When I look back at the photographs I think And even when it was long I had , there was one hairdresser there called Paul , whom I 'd go and see regularly .
22 I look down at the map of the estate .
23 I arrived back at the Palace Hotel and started to pack .
24 When I arrived back at the cafe , I found Kathleen in a perplexed mood .
25 The guns along the banks of the Orne were still firing as I arrived back at the jeep .
26 When I arrived back at the Land Rover I met Abdulla , the student teacher , who had been attracted by the breakdown .
27 I was still brimming with plangency , chockful of feeling , when I arrived back at the hotel .
28 No doubt about it , I 'm not a badlooking guy when I hang out at the Shakespeare .
29 I glance in at the ASI — still reading 150 — then throw my heavy helmeted head back to see the white skyline creeping forward along the canopy .
30 When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ?
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