Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] was [verb] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 11-year-old hound was spotted at last , less than four miles from home , and although frightened and hungry , was picked up safe and well . |
| 2 | Swindon must have thought their lucky break was coming at last when they won a penalty against Aston Villa at the County Ground … and took the lead thanks to Paul Bodin … |
| 3 | The need for hard copy was met at first by initiating , via the VDU keyboard , an instruction to print remotely in the Data Processing Centre . |
| 4 | The step which for decades successive tsars had contemplated but abandoned in the face of noble opposition was taken at last . |
| 5 | That particular ghost was said at first , because she 'd lived in a hulking great castle with fields and forests and things , and when she saw it again it was a council estate and , as I said , a supermarket . |
| 6 | A tiny circle of bright brass was found at last in the fishing tackle cupboard , slipped over Victoria 's finger and proudly displayed to the rest of the party . |