Example sentences of "i [verb] at [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I gazed at my father for a moment , touched his forehead slightly , then withdrew my hand . |
| 2 | I tear at my mohair candy floss and watch |
| 3 | There are many can tell you what I suffer at his hands though I serve him as best I can . |
| 4 | I winked at my self , jiggled my head about , grinned . |
| 5 | I 'm sure that when I came out of the room I was staggering , and instinctively I pawed at my mouth . |
| 6 | You and I sit at our desks and try to work . |
| 7 | I put the branch two-handed over my right shoulder as I run up to them , jump over a small bush and then as I land at their side bring the branch swinging down . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If I sleep at his house , he sleeps there . |
| 10 | I peered at my watch : 05.47 . |
| 11 | I wince at her language as her father used to wince at her appearance . |
| 12 | I grab at my belly again , and feel … |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I stop at my usual vantage point and even before I have switched off the engine I see the otter . |
| 15 | Then crop-sick all morning , I rail at my men , |
| 16 | I gestured at my litre of fizzy red wine . |
| 17 | I NEVER did find Mr Wright although , following the instructions I received at my briefing , I spent some time looking for him . |
| 18 | I look at her face . |
| 19 | I look at their mouths and their hands , put on a prim expression and think about them having me in bed . |
| 20 | He reads my novel and I look at his SHE column , and we listen to each other 's comments . |
| 21 | I look at his contribution to their first working session . |
| 22 | I look at your lovely cherry tree . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's hard to forgive , when I look at your sad eyes , and feel your thin hands . |
| 24 | ‘ I look at your face , and I look at one eye and then the other and then your nose , but I ca n't seem to look at your face altogether , all at once , because the sight of your face is causing me pain . ’ |
| 25 | okay , well one last thing , I start with the last thing at the beginning , strangely , I mean you 're obviously getting all the technical details and all the expertise from people who know far better than I do , so I 'm not going to go into much technical detail until perhaps a bit later , which might come up if we get a debate going or when I look at your press releases . |
| 26 | Certainly , the idea that when I look at my spectacles and think ‘ So that 's where I put them ’ I am having thousands of other little thoughts at the same time is a silly idea , and some would say that the doctrine of the holism of the mental is just a silly idea . |
| 27 | I look at my watch . |
| 28 | I look at my watch . |
| 29 | I feel my face is still pinched with disgust when I look at my feet . |
| 30 | I look at my wife and see the long journey that we have come . |