Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I found you at first light this morning , ’ he said , getting up to take her half-empty plate .
2 Oh dear , I told them at one point why we did , and I 've had it
3 I read it at one sitting , and it scared me stupid .
4 I discuss it at some length in Chapter 6 .
5 However , because I knew her at close quarters only during her maiden years and have not seen her once since she went to the West Country to become ‘ Mrs Benn ’ , you will perhaps excuse my impropriety in referring to her as I knew her , and in my mind have continued to call her throughout these years .
6 If I snatch your hat from your head with intent to steal it , that is conversion as well as trespass , but if I throw it at another person , that is trespass only , for I am not questioning your title to it .
7 I wish we at Homegreen House had been visited by a member of the council to explain what could happen if permission for a supermarket to be built is approved .
8 It ran : ‘ Well , frankly , the problem as I see it at this moment in time is whether I should just lie down under all this hassle …
9 It ran : ‘ Well , frankly , the problem as I see it at this moment in time is whether I should just lie down under all this hassle …
10 CHARLES : Well , frankly , the problem as I see it At this moment in time is whether I Should just lie down under all this hassle And let them walk all over me , Or , whether I should just say : ‘ OK , I get the message ’ , and do myself in .
11 You can not ask me to help you at one moment , and leave me out in the cold the next . ’
12 there have been some fairly er minor alterations to the procedures concerning contract admin wallets er and the various client reports , er but Hugh did ask me to raise them at this meeting , er to remind people of the need to er complete client reports .
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