Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb past] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Clark and I looked at the thing for five minutes and we said ‘ Wow ’ ’ , White told New Scientist . |
2 | Yet , directly I stepped out into the sunshine again , my superior self took over , and I looked at the matter differently . |
3 | Anyway , I come in ah , I went int kitchen , and I thought oh , there 's a loaf out of freezer , and I looked at the loaf but there 's only about four sandwiches in it . |
4 | and I thought at the time it 's , it 's quite good enough just to have the idea and talk about the idea , make some drawings and |
5 | And I thought at the time , oh I 'd not done anything about it , |
6 | For their tickets , and I said at the area council if they had turned up like they turned up to pay them thirty pound and eight pound , if they 'd turned up at the same time with a petition form what a difference it would |
7 | If the Thamesdown one did n't , er , the officers for their own reasons have separated out this particular er , activity , erm , and I felt at the time that it was unreasonable to give a hundred percent funding to er , most C A B's but not to one . |
8 | And there he was , I went to look and I saw at the end there , a big pile of erm earth fresh earth you know . |
9 | I saw him a few times more after that , in the months that followed , coming slowly up the lane from the station , as Millie and I stood at the gate . |
10 | About 8 p.m. that evening Taff and I sat at the side of our slit trench eating what I thought was a rather dubious lump of meat . |
11 | The man and I prodded at the pile of crap on the table . |
12 | And I wondered at the beauty of what I saw . |
13 | D. A. I used to be on an adjoining beat in Cressington Park and I started at the park gates at one side of the road and there was a policeman on the other side of the road — you would n't cross the road to talk to him … you were n't allowed to talk to the public — that was gossiping , idling your time , failing to work your beat — three charges straight away and soon as the sergeant reported you . |
14 | I went on an induction course down in Bournemouth , which was all technical , er , I came back to see my first clients , and I cringed at the thought of it . |
15 | I signed him for Middlesbrough , and I jumped at the chance to sign him again here . |
16 | Stiff Little Fingers was my life when I was younger and I jumped at the idea of being able to do a few gigs without spending months away from home and having to worry about recording a new album as soon as we finished . |
17 | ‘ I finished early and I called at the library for you . |
18 | Leithen and I stopped at the top of the hill and looked down again into the little green valley . |
19 | The Corporal and I shouted at the Sergeant to step on it , as the explosions were getting closer . |
20 | ‘ Is the candle at Paul 's church connected with the one Julia and I found at the asylum out-house ? |
21 | ‘ I especially liked the bit where Macaulay Culkin got covered in paint , and I cried at the end when he said he wanted his mummy for Christmas , ’ she said . |
22 | There was no advance planning to reach this figure and I decided at the beginning that I would not cut corners in an effort to keep within the budget . |
23 | And I handed over my day timing , now bear in mind this is all in pencil , and she looked at the schedule for May and said you 're not real busy this month , you know , you can take some time off . |
24 | At first she could meet his eyes , but what she saw confused her and she looked at the floor , colour creeping into her cheeks , reacting against the tenderness surprised in herself with a sense of shock that made her brusque and suspicious . |
25 | His dark brown eyes met hers , and she flinched at the ruthlessness that blazed from them . |
26 | ‘ Well , ’ and she flinched at the cutting acidity in his voice , ‘ I never thought I 'd see the day when a woman could fool me , but you managed pretty well . |
27 | But her legs shook and she clutched at the bed , which seemed to recede and there was a strange , fizzing sensation in her head . |
28 | Her ankle gave under her and she clutched at the fridge for support . |
29 | ‘ You still maintain you are not the woman with whom Garry is having an affair ? ’ he asked , and she shivered at the threat in his quiet voice . |
30 | And she glared at the Cockney youth , who gave an elaborate yawn . |