Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun] [verb] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in 1877 , the last text overseen by the novelist , ‘ as if spoken to himself ’ becomes ‘ as if meant for himself ’ , shifting and refining nuance while involving the change of a single word in Russian , and enabling the artist to get at last the effect he had been working towards . |
| 2 | The detective who found the money believed at first the notes must be forgeries . |
| 3 | They were infamous for tormenting and starving the blind king Phineus , until the warrior hero defied them and let the king rest at last . |
| 4 | The third concert , of Brahms 's Third and First symphonies , revealed the new Karajan at his most lovable , for these were natural , emotional , and — let the word escape at last — profound interpretations : voyages of discovery ; loving traversals of familiar , exciting ground with a fresh eye and mind , in the company of someone prepared to linger here , to exclaim there ; summations towards which many of his earlier , less intimate performances of the works had led . |
| 5 | Although we accept the Government 's recent concessions go some way to meeting the concerns expressed at second reading , we believe an additional amendment is crucial . |
| 6 | It does not hold such a prominent place in the village as Christ church near the pond , but nevertheless it is now too small for the congregation , so after years of searching a place has at last been found to build a new larger church on the outskirts of the village . |
| 7 | Otherwise , the repetition on your part will not motivate the dog to react at first , and soon this can become an habitual problem . |
| 8 | Michael Caine 's cockney Alfie ( foreign to American ears ) won him his first nomination in 1966 , but he had to play an American to win at last , twenty years later , in Hannah and Her Sisters . |
| 9 | From some depth of courage and purpose she who had been silent so long was finding the will to speak at last . |
| 10 | All day long she had wondered how he had managed to bamboozle his way into a consultancy , but first the calm , unflappable way he had dealt with Steve and now here , with the devastated relatives , Kathleen had an opportunity to see at first hand the qualities that set him apart as a consultant . |
| 11 | Erm what I would ask the panel to look at first of all is the fact that the erm the proposals for I five and I twelve appear to be largely acceptable over quite a large area of the the county . |