Example sentences of "at [pers pn] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mike thrust them at me before I left , so I brought them with me . |
| 2 | Shall I tell her that you did not come running to me , that instead you melted in my arms after looking at me since I came today with large , yearning eyes ? |
| 3 | My gun jammed and William recognised me and came forward laughing and firing shot after shot at me while I waved and tried to duck and these yellow paint balls went splat , splat , thunking into my hired camouflage trousers and combat jacket and smacking into my visored helmet while I waved at him and tried to get the damn gun to work and he just walked forward slowly shooting me ; bastard had his own paint gun and he 'd probably had it souped up ; knowing William , that was almost inevitable . |
| 4 | Less cryptic was Barbara Bush , who once fumed at me after I made a similar enquiry : ‘ It 's none of your business and absolutely not … |
| 5 | He looked up at me after I finished and I saw that whipped dog look . |
| 6 | I hope you 're never looking at me but I have to dinner . |
| 7 | People laughed at me but I do n't care . |
| 8 | She was laughing at me but I did n't care . |
| 9 | Straight at me where I kneel unbalanced , precariously lodged between joist and board . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're laughing at me and I laughed at myself , but he 's the best astrologer in London . |
| 11 | When she turned to go , she looked at me and I let her see my face . |
| 12 | She looked at me and I thought I saw something stirring in her watery blue eyes but it was just a random current fizzing somewhere . |
| 13 | And they were looking at me and I thought this int my cup of tea ! |
| 14 | Er and it , it kept looking at me and I thought cheeky little bugger . |
| 15 | And that was er under John John was the manager and er I tell you Scott come and he started swearing at me and I says , I did n't m ask you for your bloody job , so next er next morning when they goes , he they had they had me walking the rope . |
| 16 | One was slung over my shoulder one had got sort of between two limbs I suspect , holding it round the back like that , and another one was over a protrusion that just seemed handy to hold the lot , and as I walked down the street of course suddenly everybody was glancing at me and I realized what I appeared to be doing . |
| 17 | He screamed at me and I screamed back . |
| 18 | Malcolm raised his eyebrows at me and I shrugged my shoulders . |
| 19 | He looked up at me and I stared hard at him . |
| 20 | staying open , I ai n't going , I ca n't handle it I said I just wan na get out , it was really like a sentence I just could n't stand it of course I laughed , me and Elaine went to the meeting same place , same wall and I kept looking at her and we brought you in here to say thanks , and Elaine looked at me and I looked at her and I said well if that 's all he 's got ta say I said I 'm not , I , what did I say to Elaine ? |
| 21 | Eventually a headline from The Sun 's sports pages leapt out at me and I had to try it : Frog 's Legs . |
| 22 | When she came to the door and I I did n't know whether to invite her in or not like I went come in and , an she like , looked at me and I goes , do n't ask ! |
| 23 | and then he said something about do us cart one and a half cartwheels and end up in a crab or something , and she come flying across the room at me and I felt this foot go shwoo |
| 24 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 25 | The thing 's I 've had two attempts at me and I 've never had any feedback whatsoever . |
| 26 | And , you know , I get stuff which comes at me and I pass on to someone else and gradually the process goes until it finishes up in the wastepaper bin , and usually they 're the ones which are the longest which do n't get read . |
| 27 | So people looked at me and I ran after them . |
| 28 | He threw himself at me and I jumped to one side , leaving him to fall on the deck . |
| 29 | She looked at me and I caught the amusement in her eyes . |
| 30 | She smiles at me and I feel a sudden shock , a tremor of fear . |