Example sentences of "[verb] at my [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Brett started laughing at my Brummy vest . |
| 2 | Now , gentle reader , I expect at my third reference to you as ‘ gentle reader ’ you 're starting to feel rather less than gentle towards me . |
| 3 | The clash of ginger on pink as a small skipper butterfly lands on petals of camp ion ; gorse pods popping in the hot sun ; small striped snails creeping out on to the wet path after a cloud burst ; soldier beetles gathered on the white umbels of wild carrot : these sights and sounds I can enjoy at my pottering leisure — whilst the hordes of laden hikers tramp by with stern faces and never a glance to left or right . |
| 4 | It 's again to the gentleman bidding at my right now . |
| 5 | Roughs , based on my general knowledge of the subject , were presented at my first meeting with the ‘ team ’ and accepted in principle . |
| 6 | Looking at my early field-work now I would ask different questions : ‘ Why was the union acting against the interests of its members ? ’ |
| 7 | You must be … ’ he hesitated , looking at my plain black dress . |
| 8 | It gave me strange things to think of when I found myself looking at my own boy 's face in a picture painted three hundred years ago ! |
| 9 | ‘ There was plenty of flak over the target area , and I kept looking at my useless chute , yet at the same time it was treated as a huge joke by us all , with the rest of the crew saying that no way was I going down with any of them if need be ! |
| 10 | I stop at my usual vantage point and even before I have switched off the engine I see the otter . |
| 11 | When I flopped at my first job , I was so fed up with myself I thought I was n't worth any decent firm 's money , so I went off and got a frightful job working in a dirty old canteen , just to punish myself , sort of . |
| 12 | I had become quite skilled with harees , that glutinous porridge of lamb and cracked wheat which I had met at my first meal bedu style . |
| 13 | ‘ If I kept scoring at my present rate I would end up with 40 goals but you know you 're going to have a lean spell at some time . |
| 14 | Oh look at my split ends ! |
| 15 | Nichola ( 3.7 ) : Look at my new sandals , teacher — they 're the next size up ! |
| 16 | There 's all these cars driving around , going beep , beep , ha , ha , look at my new car . |
| 17 | Or as if saying , the hussy , Look at my ample — too ample — bosom , Alice thought . |
| 18 | He said , look at my bloody suit ! |
| 19 | Well look at this board look at my first two I 've done here as an example . |
| 20 | it 's my party , look at my nice writing mum , that was |
| 21 | Look at my double chin . |
| 22 | Because Chesarynth carried the weight of other people 's expectations — pass this exam , wear this suit , mind your manners — oh , you 've spilt your dinner , just look at my clean floor . |
| 23 | I 'm not thirty yet and look at my grey hair ! |
| 24 | ‘ If I look at my last two years in football it 's been virtually to the last kick of the game in the last two seasons , so it will be the same again . |
| 25 | We 're doing very well , are we , yes , look at my peculiar watch , yes , |
| 26 | I 've got lots of flowers in my room and if I 'm in pain , well I say , ‘ look at my lovely hyacinths ’ . |
| 27 | Look at my cold sores ! |
| 28 | Look at my husband and my children , look at my whole life . |
| 29 | Look at my old pictures when I was thirteen and I was er I refused to cut my fringe . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's nothing to worry about — you should have heard what happened at my first interview . ’ |