Example sentences of "found [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found them at last . |
| 2 | The absence of Neil Lenham ( how many times have I written that , I wonder ? ) handed Keith Greenfield a more regular opportunity to open , one this Brighton beau has grabbed enthusiastically , twice registering 55-overs bests , narrowly missing a Sunday best and forming such a productive partnership with Jamie Hall that Smith found himself at first drop for the initial one-dayers . |
| 3 | Indirect Rule and the evolution of the Commonwealth idea had disarmed much left-wing criticism of the empire in the years between the wars and encouraged the development among British radicals of ‘ responsible ’ views on imperial subjects , which came naturally to bloom when Labour found itself at last in office . |
| 4 | ‘ I found you at first light this morning , ’ he said , getting up to take her half-empty plate . |
| 5 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 6 | Erm what did we do yes , well we went , I , I went to Isobel at what , I found her at three , we had . |
| 7 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 8 | What would he do with Harry 's body when he found it at last , but toss it back again to go downstream as he willed it to go , and leave its poor slender bones scattered all along the banks of Severn without a name or a resting-place ? |