Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I gazed down at the reclining form .
2 I expect I woke up at the wrong time .
3 It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through
4 Especially when I look around at the bug-eyed gawkers staring , almost hypnotised , at the images .
5 As I look around at the happy faces it is difficult to realise that the German Army is only a few miles away across the River Seine where they are defending Le Havre .
6 I look back at the old woman , marvelling at Enid and Philip for finding her interesting enough to talk about .
7 It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west .
8 I called in at the wrong time .
9 I stared up at the grey sky and the black ravens which circled above the battlements like the souls of men condemned to wander the earth forever .
10 As I stared up at the clear sky from the bottom of the trench , my mind drifted back to Achnacarry and Fiona .
11 I stared down at the white face of the ratman .
12 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 .
13 I wondered , as I looked round at the massed ranks of chaps , young and old .
14 Slowly I looked around at the other boys .
15 I looked around at the other passengers and tried to start a conversation .
16 As we journeyed back across the Orne bridges , I looked around at the happy faces in the truck ; up until now , there had n't been much to laugh about .
17 I looked up at a sheer sheet of glass and steel , one of the 1930s Rockerfeller buildings .
18 I closed my eyes in reverence as I chewed then as I reached for the pint pot again I looked up at the small figure on the bin .
19 Then I looked up at the north-facing back of the house , at my own room .
20 I looked up at the French NCO , he steps forward and orders two Germans to pick up their Officer and the other two to pick up and carry the wounded Commando .
21 I looked up at the concrete-grey sky , still surprisingly free of graffiti .
22 Wistfully , I looked back at the haunting beauty of the well .
23 Dazed , I looked down at a little girl with wide , solemn eyes .
24 I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips , the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub .
25 I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile .
26 I looked down at the glistening pavements .
27 I looked down at the pretty patterns that streets do n't know they make .
28 I turn round at a leaning gate post where the gate is permanently open , if somewhat askew .
29 I went back at a slow run , glowing with energy and feeling even better than I had at the start of the Run .
30 I fuel up at a wee petrol station just before the A9 and phone Fettes while the tank 's filling .
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