Example sentences of "i [verb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Limply I gazed at the mortal oiliness of the water , in which no creature could prosper , and the dockside crowds of welcome floating and swimming above like tropical fish . |
| 2 | Be before we start can I make two quick announcements , one er I made at the last lecture , that is there is a public lecture given by Baroness at five fifteen today on the subject of the Soviet Union and wh where does it go , erm and that 's in . |
| 3 | Luckily I lived at the higher end of the village so my house was not affected . |
| 4 | I pout at the pouting mackerel |
| 5 | I pawed at the hairy form . |
| 6 | I shouted at the unfortunate Harry . |
| 7 | Vern wandered slowly in front taking not a blind bit of notice of me , not even when I shouted at the long-beaked birds and made them flap up into the air crying like out-of-tune seagulls . |
| 8 | It had been aimed at my head , but I moved at the last second , prompted by some unclassified intuition of survival . |
| 9 | I sucked at the little trickle of blood from my finger . |
| 10 | I knock at the wood-plank door and it sounds as empty as a politician 's promise . |
| 11 | And I mentioned at the last meeting I think what has actually been said in the erm meeting I could repeat that , but I mean it confirms exactly what you 're saying . |
| 12 | I say nearly because he woke as I stopped at the next petrol station . |
| 13 | We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity . |
| 14 | It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket . |
| 15 | One Christmas Eve I woke at the critical moment , and saw , not Santa Claus , but three familiar figures indulging in heavy horse play at the foot of the bed . |
| 16 | I came at the same time as the Sweeper came for I saw him standing by this very cage in clothes the people wear and not in Keeper-clothes such as he began to wear afterwards . ’ |
| 17 | That handjob I scored at the Happy Isles-I tell you , She-She was giving it away . |
| 18 | Rachel and I wait at the little barrier in the station terminus , and again I think what an ordinary pair of holidaymakers we must look — too tatty to be honeymooners , but the same kind of contentment together . |
| 19 | I look at the dark house in front of me and the screens of tall shrubs and young trees on either side concealing the two neighbouring villas . |
| 20 | During the spring , I look at the new beech leaves . |
| 21 | Sometimes I look at the other women , see one with a baby on her knee , then a little child runs up and tells her something that makes her laugh … |
| 22 | Quickly , I look at the real Philip . |
| 23 | I look at the short-term programme and er see , yeah . |
| 24 | For example , that the images that I now call up in my mind as I look at the front door of my house , this is something quite real , but it 's real in a much more radically different , in a radically different sense , there 's a , somehow a radically difference in the kind of reality which that image enjoys , to the reality that that bottle enjoys . |
| 25 | ‘ One week I look at the various uses of manure , another , say , a flat cap that can improve your golf swing or the cup and spoon for people with moustaches . ’ |
| 26 | I look at the knackered tubes . |
| 27 | When I look at the European Community I see foreign policy and internal security pillars and ask myself how well the Government have been able to keep them purely intergovernmental and how many commitments we are making that will damage British interests in the future . |
| 28 | I look at the false leg for a bit while he pulls up his trouser leg . |
| 29 | I look at the luminous hands of the clock . |
| 30 | When I look at the Olympic fighters here I see several with good styles and professional potential who should make it to the top if they get with the right coaches . ’ |