Example sentences of "i [verb] 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 | ‘ That is n't what I mean at all . |
| 4 | That 's not what I mean at all . |
| 5 | I mean at that time say perhaps go in the pub the or the or the , I mean there used to be so many pubs round the er , the dock area then , I mean you take the , and erm then there used to be the erm there was all them pubs round the dock then , noth one or two more but I ca n't re oh the was another one . |
| 6 | I mean we 've , I mean at that point you 've got that was the point where you 've got the massive United States aid coming in erm you , you 've got erm United States equipping China with all enormous fire power , sending tanks in etcetera , I mean this was the beginning of , of the realization of the United States that , that the communists were a threat and they did n't like it and they , they were putting massive ai aid erm and , and that there was all that United States war machine erm |
| 7 | I mean at that point I would either do that , you know er change it or that would have been it |
| 8 | Well this is about , I mean at this point it 's about one o'clock in the morning . |
| 9 | Well we were n't anyway there was very few pe , I mean at this time of the year I suppose but there was one place and it said Sunday lunch , there was a sort of black board outside , Sunday lunch erm four pound was it four fifty it was four fifty was n't it ? |
| 10 | Chairman you 've got to allow me because by the time I 've finished you wo n't be able to stop me , er , but I mean if there 's a lot of money floating about in this area then I think that er , some committee or other should be looking at the the refurbishment of the courts in Devizes which are a disgrace , and partly the fault of this council when th they were allowed to get into such a state , and I mean at some stage or other , something or else is gon na to have to happen to them and I would hope that the magistrates in their wisdom in some committee or other are , are deciding to take these courts back into use . |
| 11 | I crack at those kind of things . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As I sit at this word processor , the chips of which may have been assembled by a young woman in the Philippines for a pittance a day and for such long hours that her eyes will be damaged in a tax haven created specially for foreign companies , I am acutely aware of the link between the health of the people of the Philippines and my life here in Britain . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I trembled at that nakedness and read : |
| 16 | Well but I mean that 's an example and as I say at this end where you 've no arousal you 're either asleep or dead , there 's no sort of performance performance of any sort and we talk about having those butterflies in the stomach do n't we ? |
| 17 | All her own passion had died out of her : she felt deflated ; she had the desire to laugh , and she almost did as she said , ‘ Yes , I know what I want at this moment and that 's something to eat and then to get downstairs again , because , you know , it 's Father 's night for the club . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The album itself is everything I want at this stage … but y'know you just ca n't predict how people will take it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps I mock the world in general , if I mock at all . |
| 20 | I stopped at some lights on the East side . |
| 21 | Am I looking at this file at all anxiously ? |
| 22 | The maxim on which I act at any moment is the personal rule which is guiding my behaviour — for Kant it is of the essence of voluntary action that there is such a maxim in every case . |
| 23 | Is it because I studied in your country — or is it because I studied at all ? ’ |
| 24 | I hope at this point your self-image has improved dramatically . |
| 25 | Okay now looking at all the other stuff on there , and I look at that and I think well this is all very boring because it 's all about business , and business as we know is incredibly unimportant . |
| 26 | Oh well , I , I , I mean I , my mind , my memory is going I know , but I , but I look at that and I turn it over each month and I have a look at I have an idea what 's |
| 27 | I 'd like to take that on board and review the situation that we give , given a predicament still therefore a purpose and I hear what Mr has to say and I look at that particular pelican crossing myself , and respect the |
| 28 | Not that , not that I look at that sort of thing on a regular basis so |
| 29 | ‘ I look at all these candidates and do n't find any who are competent . |
| 30 | I look at all the jobs that 's got , that have to be done in the day , right , and look at which ones I should do , and then all the other jobs I just share out between the relevant people . |