Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GUIL : Which even at first glance does not strike one as a particularly rewarding speculation , in either sense , even without the monkeys . |
| 2 | ‘ How lovely to see you here at last . ’ |
| 3 | It 's so good to have you here at last . |
| 4 | Try some of the exercises which follow ; they may seem to make you slower at first , but not only will your speed increase as you get used to them , you may begin to look at problems in a different way . |
| 5 | Lancashire they used to call it and , we used to , they used to set one on at first and then , as he knocked , if he could knock one off his feet onto his two feet , then he had to help him to knock the others over as they come in close and er , I know they do n't sound nothing like , you know , now but er , in them days we use to think it was great . |
| 6 | Try practising this one slowly at first , and then gradually increase your metronome setting , playing this exercise both horizontally and vertically . |
| 7 | When we came back to Haworth , I could see everything clearly at last — our home , the church , the graveyard , the moors , the faces of my Emily and Anne ! |
| 8 | I know , but she picked the wrong one out at first . |
| 9 | They swore that they had turned her down at first , but that she had behaved in such a bold manner — sitting on their laps , kissing them and fingering her body — that they could not hold back any longer . |
| 10 | She spent a long time near the gate these days , but the snow had driven her indoors at last . |
| 11 | As one of them said , ‘ Because he was new we used to play him up at first , until we found out what he was really like . ’ |
| 12 | I caught him up at last . |
| 13 | That 's where I see her when I think of her , though she did n't take me there at first . |
| 14 | Testers ' comments : Pamela : ‘ It was a bit hard to understand how to put it on at first , but we were both very comfortable , and the baby did n't seem to droop down as sometimes happens . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We have to be a bit more incisive out wide but at least after our poor start to the League season we seem to be getting it together at last . ’ |
| 16 | When she did get it in at last , she had to be careful not to trap its tail in the lid when she slid it closed . |
| 17 | She looked at it idly at first and then with increasing curiosity . |
| 18 | Orientation can be a problem , however , so take it easy at first . |
| 19 | He did it carefully at first , only a handful at a time , saving every shilling made . |
| 20 | And I said I could n't make it out at first . |
| 21 | ‘ Certainly smuggling is monstrous and iniquitous , ’ replied the Mayor smoothly , ‘ and we are indeed fortunate to have stamped it out at last . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's all in the past , there I 've said it now at last . ’ |
| 23 | She had taken it well at first herself , somehow understanding that Fernando and Maria Luisa had drawn comfort from each other . |
| 24 | I did n't like it there at first — sometimes it was traumatic , sometimes it was boring — but I wanted help , especially with my drink problem . |
| 25 | ‘ I could n't take it seriously at first because it seemed so ridiculous , but then you look in the statute book and realise the maximum penalty for this is seven years . |
| 26 | He took it seriously at first , affronted that anyone could say anything about anyone so close to him , but before very long , he saw the funny side . |
| 27 | His mouth touched hers lightly at first , then he deepened the kiss with a passionate hunger that their lovemaking had failed to assuage . |