Example sentences of "[prep] [num ord] the [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forged into an irresistible revolutionary force by its vanguard party , the proletariat was destined to carry through first the bourgeois-democratic revolution and then the socialist revolution . |
| 2 | At first the local farmers provided any bales of straw they had left , but in recent years the bales have had to be bought and transported from Selby . |
| 3 | At first the very quantity and variety of troops can be confusing . |
| 4 | Now at last the successful bowel and liver transplant carried out in America has given her the chance of a normal future . |
| 5 | And at last the roistering procession when the castle ladies escorted her to her room . |
| 6 | Then came the terrible sense of disbelief and at last the dawning realization that she would never be held in his embrace , breathe in the scent of his cigars or hear his kindly voice ever again . |