Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [verb] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The garish shirt that caused a myotonic goat to faint at first sight may have little effect once the animal has grown used to its owner 's poor taste . |
| 2 | ESSEX school students of all ages now have a unique opportunity to study at first hand the integration of wildlife and landscape conservation with modern farming techniques . |
| 3 | The Palace had been unable to fill the outside-left berth adequately after George Clarke 's long reign had come to an end , but there was no doubt in any supporter 's minds that a worthy successor had at last been found when Bob Bigg made his Palace debut . |
| 4 | It 's just that after four long , very long , years , a little light seems at last to be discernible through the gloom . |
| 5 | Someone reported a long time ago that an old lady , on her deathbed , was heard to say : ‘ Weel , it will be a great blessing to hear at last the real truth of the Gowrie conspiracy ’ . |
| 6 | Professional Draw is equally at home with creative or technical illustration and the interface shows that a great deal of thought about usability has gone into it , although the sheer weight of features and refinements for precision illustration make it a complex package to master at first . |
| 7 | A uniform system had at last been achieved . |