Example sentences of "i [vb past] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I asked at last .
2 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 .
3 I shied at such a thinly veiled challenge , but succumbed to her persuasion , which had become more vociferous as the water diminished .
4 It would be churlish of me not to say how much I welcome that statement , and how much I rejoice in the fact that to add to the four climbdowns that I announced at 4 o'clock , there is a fifth — the abandonment of the proposal announced by the Home Secretary in column 167 of Hansard on 2 July .
5 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 .
6 People like ex-British Airways captain Derek Ellis whom I met at Kerikeri airfield .
7 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 .
8 I levelled at 800 feet and transmitted again : ‘ Pilot in the water , helicopter listing port ’ .
9 Now unless anybody 's got a burning desire to pursue the question which I posed at two o'clock , and from my point of view I think we tested it to destruction .
10 I trembled at that nakedness and read :
11 I tried at regular intervals throughout the night and first thing this morning .
12 I spent that Sunday at Littlehampton ; on the Monday I dined at one of George 's clubs — ’
13 I encountered at first hand the sufferings of un-dernourished children and out-of-work ironstone miners and their impoverished families , ’ he writes .
14 Because I just fixed my mortgage for four years with the Halifax , and it 's a total gamble fixing mortgages , by the way , if we , you know , because I do n't know where interest rates are going to go , but I , I fixed at seven point seven five percent for four years .
15 I stopped at some lights on the East side .
16 ‘ Yeah , ’ I muttered at last .
17 ’ All right , ’ I muttered at last , and turned towards the disposal to jettison the bug .
18 I woke at two o'clock lying on my kit and again at half-past three , doubled across the tent .
19 The climb continued by Knarlton hoot to Hudson Quarry , where wild sage was growing thickly amongst the limestone and grass , until I came at last to the rougher pasture below Hazely .
20 Is it because I studied in your country — or is it because I studied at all ? ’
21 And I noticed at one point in the discussion , this was queried by H B F. I think they feared that we would n't at that stage we 'd be opening up free for all of the kind which we 've obviously been seeking to avoid thus far .
22 I messed at first with Harry Phillimore , who was to become a lifelong friend .
23 Callahan and I arrived at twelve , Pottz at one .
24 I found the church locked when I arrived at four thirty . ’
25 And when I arrived at this party , she is totally unsubtle and sometimes very rude , you know , and er
26 I arrived at 10.30 and drove to 31 St Aldate 's where I found an enormous orgy in progress .
27 Did n't trip over your car in the car park when I arrived at seven this morning . ’
28 Moving with no clear sense of direction , I arrived at last at a wooden hut , set in a clearing in the forest which covered that part of the mountain .
29 I arrived at 9.30 for the 10 o'clock appointment .
30 ‘ I gave myself two years to win promotion when I arrived at Ayresome Park last summer .
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