Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ she admitted slowly at last , ‘ I suppose I was shocked … the truth was very different from what I 'd imagined . ’ |
| 2 | As he moved slowly at first his mouth sought first her breasts and then her lips , his breathing ragged as the pulsating , rhythmic movement quickened , echoing the rising heat in her blood , both of them caught up in a swirling vortex of emotions . |
| 3 | He wondered what he would do if he could n't get into the house … well , he supposed he could go back to Joseph 's place , spend the night there and then hurry home at first light , when the servants would be up . |
| 4 | Despite his reputation , Modi behaved impeccably at first . |
| 5 | Restrictions on silviculture in the tropics are most striking in the area of soil properties ; for example , the pisolites of parts of West Africa are some 10 m deep with no obvious horizons and , although trees grow well at first , they later collapse and the removal of the forest leads to desolation resembling a gravel pit . |
| 6 | In chartered helicopters they hovered over the empty stretch of road between Fenny Stratford and Buckingham to photograph the bare tarmac and the last few barriers and police cars parked there at first light . |
| 7 | When the patient returns to work , he will probably have to work part-time at first , as he gets used to the discipline and pressures of working again . |
| 8 | When they drew apart at last Travis carried her to the nearest armchair , cradling her across his lap . |
| 9 | He says only at first it was all new to me . |
| 10 | As he pulled out of the gas station exit onto the highway , he drove carefully at first , getting the feel of the big powerful car . |
| 11 | This road climbs moderately at first to Marbach , a well regarded unsophisticated winter sports resort with cablecar and skilifts to the Marbachegg sun-terrace ( Timetable No 1500 ) . |
| 12 | For days Grom lay moaning and groaning as at first the Troll 's regenerative abilities outpaced his own ability to digest it and then his stomach gradually gained ground . |
| 13 | The they were niggers here when we came here at first . |
| 14 | When I came here at first , the side were top of the First Division , but there was no apparent feeling for the game . |
| 15 | It dropped again at first but eventually picked up for a lively last lap . |
| 16 | ‘ Pubs , ’ he had said briefly at first . |
| 17 | She said she had wanted to go home at first but had got used to it at her uncle 's house now . |
| 18 | The weather for the Fox F M area : this evening 's going to be dry with clear spells , temperatures are going to fall quickly at first to around four degrees celsius , thirty nine degrees fahrenheit by midnight , however , the light westerly breezes will pick up to moderate later with temperatures rising , so a frost is n't expected tonight . |
| 19 | Guillamon asked hopefully at last . |
| 20 | " All right then , Mr Dass ? " the boy said , going away at last . |
| 21 | We arrived home at last on April 13th , 1702 , and I saw my dear wife and children again . |
| 22 | I did use more at first when I was buying grams , say a year ago , when I was doin' that , but , say this last year I was trying to pace meself out 'cos I knew that I 'd run outa money eventually , so I had to try and make it last … . |
| 23 | The clouds were parting and the moon showed dimly at first when the 12-pounder gun 's crew of cooks and stewards closed up aboard the destroyer . |
| 24 | ‘ You get people in tears coming into the pub just because they have got here at last . |
| 25 | Newton Aycliffe after disappointing recently at last returned to winning form with a 3–0 win over relegation candidates Usworth Village . |
| 26 | After a long approach slog , reaching the crest of a ridge usually means you 're getting somewhere at last . |
| 27 | FIGURE 4 I 'm getting somewhere at last and feel quite happy . |
| 28 | ‘ Do you know , ’ the Doctor said , ‘ I rather think we 're getting somewhere at last . ’ |
| 29 | Convinced that he was getting somewhere at last in his search for admissible evidence , Shaughnessy now turned to several other lines of inquiry . |
| 30 | Was she getting somewhere at last ? |