Example sentences of "so i [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was worth doing , or so I thought at the time .
2 As I say , I could have destroyed you , or so I thought at the time , but you 've turned out to be a lot tougher than I had imagined … not vulnerable or confused at all .
3 She was a real beauty , or so I thought at the time .
4 But when he gets round to it , I think he 'll control them a bit more closely , now you can invest in that sort of fund quite safely , and although it wo n't give you any capital growth , because if they 're giving you ten percent income , obviously the capital growth 's going to be limited , but er if it 's the income that you 're after , not a bad thing to do , so I mean at the moment I may actually combine one income-type er P E P with one growth and income , where the , where the , perhaps the yield is about five percent .
5 I mean , fixed rates are dangerous because once you 've fixed , if interest rates then go up , you 've lost out on your er return and you ca n't get your money out anyway , so I mean at the moment it 's really erm er er very deeply into the cycle of low , of low interest rates .
6 Mark Higgins is just 10 and said : ‘ I saw boxing on the TV and loved it so I started at the gym twice a week .
7 So I stayed at the hostel for four weeks .
8 I have to warn Professor that there 's more than one party can play that game and if he thinks that it is sensible to run the affairs of this council on deliberate obstructionism on the basis that if you go on long enough you can wear people down then I think it 's unfortunate , it 's bad for this council bad for the people we serve , it does frankly nothing for local government and I ca n't blame central government if it loses patience So I recognise at the end of the day that erm Mr has had troubles with some of his erm er newcomers he obviously needs to re-establish some control over his group .
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