Example sentences of "[verb] i [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had frightened me at first but now I thought the Star Zoo was wonderful . |
| 2 | Glaring from one to the other as they stood on either side of the bed , she said crossly to Lucy , ‘ So you 've brought him to see me at last . |
| 3 | ‘ It was her beauty which attracted me at first , ’ said Mr Jefferson , who was a produce buyer for NAFFI for more than 37 years . |
| 4 | Sitting in the train , with a Sunday paper which I 'd automatically bought lying unopened on my knee , I felt a sense of relief at being away from him , at being surrounded by a lot of impersonal uncaring strangers who could see nothing different about me because they 'd never seen me before last night . |
| 5 | I , I just have er I just have to drink a lot that 's you know put me in first class and full of drink |
| 6 | If any BW officer had reservations about the project they could have phoned me on 10th or 11th June , particularly as everyone knew the work was scheduled to start on the 12th . |
| 7 | One moment she 's kissing me , and the next she 's telling me she ca n't see me till next week . |
| 8 | He did n't like me at first . |
| 9 | ‘ Tell me about last night . |
| 10 | The reality surprised me at first , and then like everyone else , I took it for granted . |
| 11 | She heard me at last . |
| 12 | He waved me in first . |
| 13 | Last night we had a phone call , oh it frightened me at first actually , I answered the phone |
| 14 | The melancholy that had struck me at first was very much a part of his character . |
| 15 | If Wishart began talking about painting , he attended for five minutes , then deflected the conversation with ‘ Do tell me about last night 's sailor . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I was n't even sure he liked me at first . ’ |
| 17 | Only as the cloverleaf began to appear as a grey shape in the otherwise black wall did I at last fall into a dream-wracked sleep . |
| 18 | They look like rust — it fooled me at first . |
| 19 | It suited me at first to have you believe there was someone in my life . |
| 20 | After I 'd kissed her goodbye I felt pretty happy because not only had I at last had an extremely enjoyable sexual experience , but I 'd also been able to give enjoyment . |
| 21 | He gives me £54 a month and I have to pay all the bills out of that It used to bother me at first , it does n't now . |