Example sentences of "i [vb past] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I peered at a few of them , identifying Filmer and Daffodil 's Laurentide Ice as a light grey colt with brittle-looking bones , the Lorrimores ' Voting Right as an unremarkable bay , and the Youngs ' Sparrowgrass as a bright chestnut with a white star and sock . |
| 2 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 3 | The wind and rain beat down on me , and I fell down several times , but finally I arrived at a long , low house , standing rather isolated in the middle of the moor . |
| 4 | I taught at a private primary school for girls and really , compared with what some teachers go through , I had a terribly easy time , but I still could n't cope . |
| 5 | Driving away , I noticed that the vast chimney was still not functioning , but when I called at a neighbouring house a woman showed me videos she had taken of smoke coming from the plant , settling in her garden . |
| 6 | I started at a new school after Easter and this may have something to do with it because it was n't as bad before . |
| 7 | I started at a nearby special school when I was 3 . |
| 8 | I stared at a huge rectangle of light , it was pinkish floating flickering and suddenly I saw … a pig ! |
| 9 | As I sat in front of him , I looked at a poster-sized photo which was on the wall behind him . |
| 10 | It is difficult to say how long this species lives in captivity , but I had an African Snakehead , which I acquired at a similar size to yours , and I kept him or her ( there are no external sex differences ) for 13 years . |
| 11 | Once I ran at a fair in the noise |