Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm that I went through at the beginning you know which is basically write to lots of people |
| 2 | But this was a wee sort of lump that I had down at the bottom of my vagina . |
| 3 | But the wind was behind me and each wave picked up the boat and surged her ahead , so that I tied up at the pier some fifteen hours after I had left , a little tired but satisfied that another small gap in our knowledge of birds had been filled . |
| 4 | ‘ I kept thinking today how lucky I was , you see , how blessedly fortunate , with all I have , all that is so comfortable , all that makes me so — so much happier than I was , and then this evening I went to the Rectory and when I returned I was in my room and I looked out at the darkness and I thought of you and how lonely you must be after all the company and society you have known just recently and I thought — I thought — ’ |
| 5 | He went ; and I stared again at the Modigliani , caressed the Rodin , surveyed the room . |
| 6 | We flew above the skeletal radio mast and I stared down at the row of huge houses . |
| 7 | He walked off and I gazed blankly at the cricket match . |
| 8 | If I had found the cramped interior of the U-boat at Kiel oppressive , it was nothing to the claustrophobia I felt inside the midget submarine , and I marvelled again at the courage and calm that had enabled Place and his crew to live a daily life in such surroundings , far less undertake and brilliantly accomplish their mission . |
| 9 | And then we added eight two , which asked the director to explore the long-term viability of the estate , now we made that , and I said so at the time , the answer to that could be either positive or negative . |
| 10 | My wife is a business woman with two shops and I came out at the height of the rag trade jamborees . |
| 11 | I went round all the hospitals in Edinburgh and Leith all the doctors surgeries and there was nowhere and I ended up at the the women 's unit in Edinburgh City Chambers and I got help from the women 's unit and er from there we started a pressure group to get more literature to people , you know to get them into doctor 's surgeries so as they would know what to do , what to expect . |
| 12 | If I went out at the age of 68 at Drury Lane to celebrate Rory Bremner 's 50 years in showbusiness and I had n't got my pyjamas on , somebody would shout ‘ Where 's your pyjamas ’ ? ’ |
| 13 | I was not Boat Race standard , but I got by at the level of intercollege competition . |
| 14 | At that moment Lesley-Jane saw your face — she told me you ‘ looked over your shoulder at her ’ but I did n't at the time realise that meant you must have been facing away from the stage . |
| 15 | But when I looked again at the taut group riveted to the game , now not even speaking , I had my doubts . |
| 16 | When I took over at the Department of Health and Social Security , I was under no illusion about the difficulty of my job . |
| 17 | When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ? |
| 18 | But when I turned up at the hospital they put me on call and I was called to Casualty to anaesthetise a man . |
| 19 | When I arrived back at the cafe , I found Kathleen in a perplexed mood . |
| 20 | When I arrived back at the Land Rover I met Abdulla , the student teacher , who had been attracted by the breakdown . |
| 21 | I was still brimming with plangency , chockful of feeling , when I arrived back at the hotel . |
| 22 | I wondered , as I looked round at the massed ranks of chaps , young and old . |
| 23 | I felt sure that if Mr Reed had lived he would have treated me kindly , and now , as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow , I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise . |
| 24 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 25 | Then , as I looked back at the dark , inscrutable carob tree , I did feel a faint touch of fear . |
| 26 | But none of this disturbed my mind or my body as I looked across at the girl in the coffee bar . |
| 27 | As I stared up at the clear sky from the bottom of the trench , my mind drifted back to Achnacarry and Fiona . |
| 28 | Even so , some brain cells were still working , as I stared inwardly at the nub of the problem . |
| 29 | One of the most striking facts of the Commonwealth , as I saw clearly at the Commonwealth conference in Harare , is the immense affection and admiration that exists for Her Majesty the Queen among all Commonwealth leaders and countries . |
| 30 | The guns along the banks of the Orne were still firing as I arrived back at the jeep . |