Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They turned through the narrow Kendal Dyke into a lovely wilderness of reeds and water , sailed from one to another of the posts that mark the channel , came to a signpost standing not on land but out in the middle of the Sounds , read ‘ to Horsey ’ on one side of it , reached away through Meadow Dyke , so narrow that they could easily have jumped ashore , and came at last to the open Mere . |
| 2 | It was sent to her home and came at last to her family . |
| 3 | He was pale and composed at first , his features rigidly set . |
| 4 | The poem , addressed in its final form to Charles Lamb , followed his friends in imagination as they walked first ‘ along the hill-top edge ’ , then descended to the waterfall in the ‘ roaring dell ’ at Holford , and climbed at last high into the Quantocks , from where they looked out upon ‘ the many-steepled tract magnificent ’ of the coastal plain . |
| 5 | Brannen , born on a farm at Sadberge and raised at first Long Newton and then Yarm , moved to Stoke at the age of 20 partly to study a sports and recreation degree at North Staffordshire Polytechnic but mainly to train under the guidance of Jim Talbot , the national decathlon coach . |
| 6 | The authorities became worried about the threat to public order and decided at last to act against both fascist paramilitary provocation and anti-fascist counter-violence , a decision influenced by deputations to the Home Secretary from the London Labour party and the Manchester watch committee . |
| 7 | Towards the and of his stint , he filled a gap in the team for the Italian GP at Monza — and saw at first hand one of BRM 's famous fiascos . |
| 8 | Margaret of Carlisle , 47 , was widowed two years ago and knew at first hand the financial problems that can arise from the sudden death of a loved one and the trauma of finding that her partner was inadequately insured . |
| 9 | She suddenly saw how selfish she had been , and knew at last the answer to the thing that had puzzled her for so long — why her mummy , who had been a keen Brownie Guider and loved Brownies , would n't let her join a Pack . |
| 10 | She bent over the bed and thought at first that she was too late . |
| 11 | When he went through the back door he discovered the printers had gone home and thought at first no one was there . |
| 12 | Andrew Garthwaite had been playing pool with his attacker and thought at first it was a joke . |
| 13 | We inched again past the thundering monster and its second string to the rear , and emerged at last into the clattering reverberating peace of the baggage car where I was reunited with my waistcoat . |
| 14 | There was a special edge to this match because they had beaten us easily in each of our past five encounters and had at first declined a fixture this year . |
| 15 | Both are candidates for the Olympic team and Bridge , though the youngest man in the race , rowed in last year 's crew and competed at last year 's world championships in a coxed pair steered by Probert . |
| 16 | She grinned at the thought , and slid at last into sleep , smiling . |
| 17 | He looked again at the photograph , and recognized at last that the baby who looked familiar was Fred 's . |
| 18 | In 1985 , they " woke up " and sued for possession but failed at first instance . |
| 19 | Even his last act of desperation proved a failure ; James was ignominiously stopped by fishermen at Faversham , Kent , who recognised his travelling companion , Sir Edward Hales ( Governor of the Tower ) , but failed at first to recognise the King . |
| 20 | The railway company always intended to lease the Euston as a first-class hotel but tried at first to run the Victoria itself . |