Example sentences of "i [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 61 | I looked at the dead Jake Rosso 's picture , and I remembered all the photographs on the walls of my room in Hong Kong . |
| 62 | I looked at the empty estate-car when we reached the other side . |
| 63 | In 1980 when Allan Wells won a Gold Medal at the Olympics I looked at the British tracksuits and thought : well , nothing much has changed in 56 years ! |
| 64 | I looked at the rosy-cheeked little fellow ( all of four years ) in front of me . |
| 65 | As I looked at the few stones that remained of the castle , I learned from the magazine that the Irish-built castle of the local kings , the O'Rourkes , had once towered over the local countryside . |
| 66 | I looked at the old man calmly sitting on his mat and hated him , knowing — knowing myself — that nothing would come of this . |
| 67 | I looked at the tough , impressive face . |
| 68 | ‘ As I looked at the magnificent vehicle I could not help thinking of the historical ‘ Experiment ’ of the Stockton and Darlington Railway , or of the Exhibition excursions of 1851 , when the GW nailed rough boards across their permanent way trucks at Didcot to accommodate their third class passengers ! |
| 69 | I looked at the little boy , lying there , and caught a glimpse of the father peeping from the corridor . |
| 70 | I looked at the little priest and grinned at Benjamin . |
| 71 | Telling my story , I looked at the green fields of wheat moving in the wind . |
| 72 | I looked at the double doors in horror and wondered if perchance Toplis might be hiding inside . |
| 73 | Every month I look in your magazine for anything to do with Dalmations and I was overjoyed when I looked at the last page . |
| 74 | I turned round , half-expecting to hear a giggle , a rather inane giggle ; and then as I looked at the thick shadowy scrub near the gate , and remembered the grim reference to Prospero , a more sinister explanation came to me . |
| 75 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 76 | ‘ ] I blinked at the last sentence as a disturbing memory formed in my head . |
| 77 | I 've got the first issue which I bought at the away match at the Arse earlier on . |
| 78 | I giggle a little as I fetch the little dark blue jacket I bought at the same time : it was rather extravagant to buy both but they seemed to belong together . |
| 79 | Er , I did at the last council urge that we actually needed to break the deadlock my er a and I thought that was very important . |
| 80 | ‘ I resigned at the same time as they asked for my resignation . |
| 81 | If the leaders of Anti-Racist Alliance want to build up an effective anti-racist movement , they should desist from the kind of stupid sectarianism that I witnessed at the recent March for Justice in the London borough of Newham . |
| 82 | " There you go , girl , " I said at the other end , when I brought in the final batch . |
| 83 | What I said at the last committee was I merely advised the committee that if they went ahead in this current financial year that the grant would not be available . |
| 84 | I said at the last meeting in Bungay in January that Bungay will cease to function within five years if something was n't done about it . |
| 85 | In short , as I said at the very beginning of this series of lectures , you must n't treat what as I say as gospel erm I am perfectly capable of being a little bit eccentric , possibly even a little bit erm original erm in my interpretations . |
| 86 | As I said at the Conservative party conference , I want to make it clear that our policy is colour blind . |
| 87 | ‘ I left at the right time as I felt the band had run out of ideas and it was becoming motivated by the wrong things . |
| 88 | Well if I left at the same time as you he mi he might feel obliged to offer me a lift but if he did |
| 89 | I sat at the open window and looked out on to the purple dark . |
| 90 | The old woman came and silently cleared away , without once looking at me , even when I pointed at the few cakes left and praised them in my stilted Greek ; the hermit master evidently liked silent servants . |