Example sentences of "i [vb past] at the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 Heathcliff and Hareton stood at the door , laughing , as I shouted at the dogs and tried to get up .
2 I peered at the labels and too began the Harry , Frank , Charlie , Mabel way .
3 And this is the other aspect of Freud 's debt to Darwin which I mentioned at the beginning but said I would hold over for later .
4 I arrived at the hospital and was shown to the labour room .
5 I frowned at the phone and waited for Eric to say something .
6 I turned at the door and said , ‘ Just write the truth , tuan Hans , that will be the message . ’
7 A big grey house with a ‘ Guests ’ sign stood among trees , so I knocked at the door and asked how to find the holy well .
8 I knocked at the door and was told to enter .
9 I coped at the time but now , five years on , I feel guilty and resentful about the whole affair .
10 I started at the Grosvenor and visited about thirty-five before I stopped . ’
11 I stared at the road and was not really surprised by the discovery that I recognized the man in a grey suit crossing with a police-sergeant .
12 I looked at the clock and it was 10.40 .
13 Then I looked at the chassis and registration numbers and realised it was my old car .
14 I looked at the wife and she died of fright .
15 I looked at the posters and the photographs .
16 I looked at the grandmother and she pointed at the baby .
17 and it just moved a bit and I went in again , I looked at the window and they moved again
18 I looked at the time and saw that it was a new world record , so I thought that I , too , must have run fast .
19 Anyway , I come in ah , I went int kitchen , and I thought oh , there 's a loaf out of freezer , and I looked at the loaf but there 's only about four sandwiches in it .
20 John of the Cross , the Spanish mystic , wrote ‘ I looked at the Cross and there I saw the song of love ’ .
21 ‘ When I got out I looked at the car and the lorry and I just could n't believe it .
22 I looked at the illustration and I thought no way is that ever going to do any thing that chops
23 ‘ In the very early days I looked at the market and decided one of the things I wanted to do was to build a big PR company because the market suffered from too many small companies .
24 I looked at the pennants and so did he .
25 Well , I looked at the shot and saw it .
26 to be honest because erm it 's and that I wo n't say that there 's a criticism of this particular project which I supported at the time but I think that in future we do need to plan our projects and and there are people in the in the town that are prepared to work , perhaps need a bit of organizing , we need to think about how that might happen , but we must n't first reaction go to professional or semiprofessional help .
27 Mr Clarke said last night : ‘ What I said after the meeting was exactly what I said at the meeting and exactly the same as I have been saying since the White Paper was published .
28 Back in my room , I sat at the desk and considered .
29 Because of Joe , however , I stayed at the forge and did my best to work hard .
30 Mind , I stayed at the house and did n't have to go to the graveside , but I can still see the procession of people .
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