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 . |