Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally I jumped at the chance . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It was worth doing , or so I thought at the time . |
| 3 | As I say , I could have destroyed you , or so I thought at the time , but you 've turned out to be a lot tougher than I had imagined … not vulnerable or confused at all . |
| 4 | She was a real beauty , or so I thought at the time . |
| 5 | Mark Higgins is just 10 and said : ‘ I saw boxing on the TV and loved it so I started at the gym twice a week . |
| 6 | So I stayed at the hostel for four weeks . |
| 7 | Soon I arrived at the lime-kiln , which was still burning , although the workmen had all gone home . |
| 8 | Whether as Minister for Aviation or as Minister for Coal and Electricity , I had the same experience whenever I arrived at a meeting of the Council of Ministers . |
| 9 | ‘ When I got out I looked at the car and the lorry and I just could n't believe it . |
| 10 | Yeah well I meant at the beginning of them alright ? |
| 11 | Well I looked at the clock , it said twenty to eight , I thought sod it I ai n't getting up . |
| 12 | Suddenly I heard the noise of an animal jumping through the window , and immediately I hid at the back of my box . |
| 13 | Then I waited at the barrier , the motley flesh around me all pulsing with welcome . |
| 14 | I half got up , then I looked at the hole he 'd gone down and at the paper in my hand . |
| 15 | Then I looked at the rest of myself , and all the rest of me was a … |
| 16 | Then I looked at the table . |
| 17 | I honestly ca n't remember how I felt at the time — I think I was just shocked . |
| 18 | But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky . |
| 19 | I had none of [ the former ] assets when I started at the Bar ; but my 25 years in practice were the happiest in my life . |
| 20 | Yesterday , when I called at the house before the funeral I was afraid of what I would find . |
| 21 | Yet I seemed at the time to be thinking rationally , to be making common-sense plans . |
| 22 | Might , perhaps ; there 's just something ; that 's why I asked at the meeting , but I 'd have to see the letter first , partly to see what 's in it , partly just to see it . ’ |
| 23 | Everyone else I met at the LIBF was welcoming , even when I was humming and hawing over buying singles or two copies of a small number of titles . |
| 24 | Occasionally I glanced at the TV screen that was showing events already taking place . |
| 25 | Certainly I thought at the time that Hunt would end up sponsored by Marlboro and driving a McLaren . |
| 26 | Hurriedly I glanced at the year of the film 's release . |