Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But fascinated as I was by these aquatic birds , I longed to see the falcons and owls I 'd seen at the zoo flying free , and this is a rare occurrence . |
| 2 | You know I mean it 's so annoying and I wish now I 'd done at the time , wrote their names down . |
| 3 | I suddenly felt nauseous with anger and humiliation — none of the things I 'd felt at the time . |
| 4 | He worked in Whitehall , that 's all I 'd known at the time . |
| 5 | And she was supposed to be a witch right enough and the men from all round about here er had a meeting about it and they I think met at the barn of Dale . |
| 6 | My father had been embarrassed when my mother or I had wept at the time of his leaving . |
| 7 | I was pleased at being only a metre behind which I had lost at the start , but it was all really anti-climactic after Stuttgart . |
| 8 | His smile was so elfin I was reminded of a troll and a performance of Peer Gynt I had seen at the Maddermarket in Norwich . |
| 9 | Awake , like this , the animal seemed perfectly normal , not at all like the crazed , somersaulting creature I had seen at the cottage . |
| 10 | I disabused his mind on this point by telling him about the fresh pug marks I had seen at the pool , and advised him very strongly to collect his buffaloes and return to the village . |
| 11 | It turned out that her son was a great friend of the paraquat-wielding monk I had seen at the monastery farm near Roscrea . |
| 12 | My father had initially encouraged my interest in the stock market and I had jumped at the chance of a part-time job in the City . |
| 13 | I gave up the stiff white collars that I had worn at the advertising agency and was careful to wear plain ties ; but my suits were Burton 's at £10 a time . |
| 14 | I had felt at the instant the idea suggested itself to me the first glimmer of positive thought : suddenly I knew I was not going to sink . |
| 15 | Following the work that I had done at the MU on the Circuit Board Fault Diagnostic Aid in connection with my MSc project , 2 members of the staff had gained experience of expert systems : the Chief Technician and a civilian who had assisted me during the project . |
| 16 | Others I had met at the Commando Training Centre in the Scottish Highlands . |
| 17 | Just as I was writing this book I received a beautiful card from Sue Fuller whom I had met at the Town and Country Festival last year . |
| 18 | I had arrived at the bus stop two hours early . |
| 19 | Either way half the food I had bought at the weekend was wasted . |
| 20 | Once after I had recited at the Guild I was given a pair of woollen gloves , speckled coloured , and with cuffs , which was quite an unexpected treat . |
| 21 | I had thought at the time , wrote Goldberg , turning the page , wiping his brow , taking a sip of orange juice from the glass on the desk beside him , dreaming for a moment of the cigarettes he had given up two years earlier , I had thought , he wrote , that an edited version of the text , with only those comments directly concerned with the Big Glass included , would serve you best . |
| 22 | I had thought at the time she had been referring to an officer on some survey vessel , the British Antarctic Survey 's supply ship perhaps , or else a pelagic fisherman or whaler , even an Antarctic explorer . |
| 23 | So I put away my little brown bottle of herbal remedies , turned my back upon much I had learned at the Centre , and before leaving for Hungary and all that forbidden goulash , took three quite definite steps . |
| 24 | But I come back to what I 've said at the outset Mr Mayor in conclusion . |
| 25 | That if we had a response here of two one zeros I 've scored at the bottom of that , we 've actually got two of the logic terms matching from this particular class . |
| 26 | As I look back on what happened this morning and this evening , er er nothing I 've er suggests to me that any one sector should be discounted at present and I think er on the basis of what I 've heard at the moment , erm all the sectors that er that we 've discussed today , er are still in the frame . |
| 27 | But the other important element is that you have to reflect the style of the original , look at the notes I 've made at the bottom of the page , please . |
| 28 | Now as someone who 's taught at other institutions — I 've taught at the University of Kent and at Middlesex Polytechnic — I think I was aware of the level of harassment which erm was there in those institutions , there certainly was sexual harassment , it certainly was a problem , but I have to say it did n't seem to me to be the problem that the students have identified it as being in Oxford and I think that 's striking and it 's something that erm as tutors and as a university we really do have to think about . |
| 29 | I do n't want to rush you but I 've booked at the bistro down the road for nine o'clock so we ought to have this drink and go . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It 's the best start I 've had at the beginning of an English county season , ’ the 6′ 5½ ″ strike bowler admits . |