Example sentences of "i [vb past] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gazed at this scene thinking that of all of the things I wanted when I was grown up , the one I wanted most was to play a harmonium . |
| 2 | I shied at such a thinly veiled challenge , but succumbed to her persuasion , which had become more vociferous as the water diminished . |
| 3 | I met at this time a number of adopted children , and realised that the problems we all faced were similar , whatever the child 's colour happened to be . |
| 4 | When I passed at this point MacArthur said perhaps I would like to hear his summary as a soldier and as no businessman or textile expert . |
| 5 | I trembled at that nakedness and read : |
| 6 | I stopped at some lights on the East side . |
| 7 | Is it because I studied in your country — or is it because I studied at all ? ’ |
| 8 | And when I arrived at this party , she is totally unsubtle and sometimes very rude , you know , and er |
| 9 | I happened at that time to be a Council member , and I was therefore able to point out that Bondi 's listing of observational errors were all taken from well-attested literature . |
| 10 | John and I rebelled at this kind of regimentation but Andrew and Ernest just smiled and said nothing . |
| 11 | I think I flinched at that . |
| 12 | When I knocked at another door , it was opened by a tall , thin man , with long , dirty hair hanging down to his shoulders . |
| 13 | What I discovered at this point , was that they , my Thai co-workers , also expected me to be the teacher for this newly organised project ! |
| 14 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 15 | I did n't , I work , I started at half nine and I finished at half ten and I went to you know . |
| 16 | Ben spent so much time playing computer games , barely pausing to eat , that lately I 'd sometimes wondered if he knew I existed at all . |
| 17 | Catherine Turnbull , Magdalene Avenue , Carrville , Durham : I worked at that time on public transport , Durham and district . |
| 18 | I decided at that moment that I 'd had enough . ’ |
| 19 | I decided at that point to begin using the detachment technique ( see p.26 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ In fact it was only by a miracle that my sister and I survived at all : we took shelter with our youngest brother in the Jama Masjid area . |
| 21 | The last thing I needed at that time was pity . |
| 22 | He dealt very little with guitar techniques and almost entirely with musicality and musical ideas , which is what I needed at that stage . |
| 23 | Now as I say , I started at that price and I used to have to help in the warehouse , in the packing and so forth , and then if there was any parcels to go into Nottingham I used to have to deliver them , by hand . |
| 24 | I did n't , I work , I started at half nine and I finished at half ten and I went to you know . |
| 25 | I started at half past six and I worked until two o'clock in the morning . |
| 26 | Because they had n't , I 'd , they usually say ring after one so I rang at half past one and they 'd emptied all the machines and everything . |
| 27 | ‘ As I said , it 's up to you , ’ said this stupid young man , who could have done anything he liked to me — or so I felt at that moment — if only he had done it , and not talked about it first , trying to strike a bargain . |
| 28 | I felt at that point if I did n't tell her she was going to find out anyway . |
| 29 | And , Francis was frank in the reasons for the substitution when he said : ‘ I felt at that moment something different was needed . |
| 30 | This is n't what I meant at all ! |