Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The people of Ely ‘ have but a turfy scent and fenny posture about them , which smell I did not relish at all with any content ’ . |
2 | I did not feel at all comfortable . |
3 | erm In fact a simple formulation of this problem occurs in the opening paragraphs of À la Recherche , erm when the narrator writes this : ‘ When I woke in the middle of the night , I could not tell where I was , just as I did not know at first who I was . |
4 | I did n't stay at that school long before I moved down to erm the er Tins School on Chandler Street . |
5 | I did n't feel at all tense and I suppose that I have to thank Carl a little bit for that . |
6 | Well I I I mean there i thinking back , I did n't think at that stage , I hope I 'm right about this , th that I had any idea that Geoffrey Howe was going to resign . |
7 | Was happily pottering about there , did my own thing , I had to open about nine cards when I got home , I did n't think at all |
8 | I did n't sleep at all until , one daybreak , I sank into unconsciousness for several hours . |
9 | I did n't sleep at all last night . |
10 | But when I went to university , I did n't bother at all until I encountered a girl who I got the impression would be immensely impressed if I could speak . |
11 | ‘ Oh , its been a strain — I did n't mind at first because she 'd stay down at her flat for short periods of time , but obviously as her memory 's got worse she does n't realise that she 's got a flat , and the only thing she knows is in here , and this is the only place she wants to be — here . |
12 | So beautiful I did n't mind at first |
13 | At first I did n't mind at all that much . |
14 | ‘ One that even I did n't believe at first . |
15 | I 'll , I can endorse that by saying that we should n't , as I noticed a certain offhandedness with him that I did n't like at all . |
16 | But I did n't like at all the er excuses he made for his wife . |
17 | But er oh well Yeah this is what got me , I like the er the legs you know , the the backs I , I did n't like at all because you 've got this blue |
18 | I did n't notice at first ; I saw her walking down the street in front of me , and without any hesitation I knew who it was — I had n't seen her for over a year , she had cut her hair off short and was wearing a dress , but I knew . |
19 | I did n't notice at all . |
20 | ‘ There was another side to him which I did n't see at first . |
21 | However , I did n't look at this piece of software . |
22 | That says staff library , please return on it I did n't look it , I did n't look at any answers for the questions . |
23 | I did n't understand at first . |
24 | I did n't understand at that point . ’ |
25 | Well the next point is between Roger and John , I did n't understand at all so could you |
26 | I did n't know at all . ’ |
27 | I did n't know at that time what the content of the exhibition was because Sarah who organised it all had to write to lots of people and arrange the loans and you know it is fairly recently that we discovered for example the tate would lend , their pictures because its very rare that they do , erm , and , so we thought the next best thing , when I discovered the change of dates would be to have slides of the pictures that Sue was using , but erm oh dear then wonderful that Sue was using a another book and this term allocated and I was n't able to get the slides she picked , it was my fault that they 're not on slide due to the amount of time that we had to do this . |
28 | And anyway he he was one of the candidates , but what I did n't know at that time there was a real feud between the women and the men . |