Example sentences of "[coord] at [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he had always had a wish to join the Army , and at sixteen he enlisted as a drummer boy . |
| 2 | His political theories were being shaped by reading Das Kapital and the Communist Manifesto , and at sixteen he won an exhibition to Trinity College , Cambridge . |
| 3 | He attended dame school and Erasmus Smith 's School in Galway and at sixteen he was earning his living as a tutor . |
| 4 | And at sixteen she wished she had never been born . |
| 5 | She had been a former child actress , making her film debut at the age of four , and at twelve she appeared in the London production of The Sound of Music . |
| 6 | In the previous stage Francis had comfortably beaten double light-middleweight champion Tim Taylor , and at 18 he was considered a title hope . |
| 7 | Now talking bout the Cosmo , I 'll come back to that again because there was a lad there and he was in the Independent Labour Party , and er his name was Eric and er this pamphlet will tell you said he answered more questions when he spoke , and at nineteen he was he spoke , he answered more questions than any other speaker had ever answered at the Cosmo you know he got a record for answering questions . |
| 8 | But there were not many opportunities for the son of a bricklayer to take up writing and at 14 he began work in the parcels department at the local Co-op . |
| 9 | In two hours they ferried 22 people to high ground and to safety , and at 0900 they were released to return to the Portrush lifeboat which was still lying in Ballycastle Bay . |
| 10 | ‘ I would put Schmeichel in that group and at 27 he still has a lot of time to improve . ’ |
| 11 | In 1963 , however , Clark was champion for the first time , after winning a record seven rounds , and at 27 he became the youngest-ever world champion . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I know , ’ he said , and at that she looked directly at him . |
| 13 | I stood engrossed by this until I heard the rocking chair creak behind me , and at that I scampered up after them . |
| 14 | And at that he had gone out . |
| 15 | Bardsley and Francis profited from their collective inadequacy , and at 2-2 it was anybody 's game . |
| 16 | I saw him as often as I could and at first we concentrated on his anger . |
| 17 | His interest in his subject carries over , first into drawing and painting because he enjoys this , then on into writing about it , because he is writing about something he is interested in and at first we must not be too concerned about his writing or his spelling or his grammar . |
| 18 | erm fucking indoor murder ball , the seat , cushion and stuff like that , its fucking well out of order piss up games oh that 's right I think we played in , I think we played , you know that British bull dog thing ? , we managed to clear all the fucking the nappy chair this and the chairs out the way , we were playing this British bull dog sort of thing and the only thing , the only , the only difference was when you got caught , got , everybody was fucking giving you a few thumps in the arm , for good measure like , and we played about four of this and every time this cocky little son of a bitch did n't get caught , he was always the last person , so we fucking said , we said , me and this other guy 's that are in our troop and that er , we said right we 'll get him , so when , when everybody sort of go for it right just after the one person in the middle , said fucking just get this guy and fucking pin him down and do something to him right , we did n't , I think we said we 'd just get him , yeah that 's a good idea , so he 's gone right go and his mate he 's fucking took off two steps and there 's eight of us fucking dived on top of him , what the fucking , he 's struggling , get off you cunt so we pinned him down and at first we was just going to de-bag him in front of the women , we 've taken his boots off and his trousers and that and shave his bollocks , yeah the whole fucking yeah , it was like an audience , all that they sort of gathered up the chairs and the tables fuck have his bollocks shaved . |
| 19 | He stood gazing at the words , and at first they made no sense to him , apart from the ominous mention of death , and death of intent , not the quiet closing of a life like Donata 's passing . |
| 20 | They followed the white arrows painted on the road between the parked cars and at first they could n't see a space anywhere . |
| 21 | The Germans had no illusions about the military effectiveness of their principal ally , and at first they agreed to accept only a few divisions of the Alpini , the specialist mountain troops who could hold their own with any in Europe . |
| 22 | Mabel had told everyone that she was sure that war was about to start , and at first she seemed disgruntled that she had been proved wrong , but soon was as ecstatic as everyone else about the news . |
| 23 | It was dark in the prison , and at first she could not see very well . |
| 24 | Her clothes were spread out all over the bed , and at first she could n't figure out what they were doing there . |
| 25 | So her relief at the friendly , bantering tone sent her spirits sky-high , and at first she hardly took in the news he was giving her . |
| 26 | The thought lit a mischievous little spark deep within , and at first she shook her head , telling herself it was a ridiculous idea . |
| 27 | Someone was shaking her violently , shouting at her , and at first she thought it was part of her nightmare . |
| 28 | The action took her by surprise , and at first she told herself to remain calm and to take the kiss in the spirit it was being given , which was merely a making up between friends after cross words . |
| 29 | And at first it was nice because there was more money coming into the house , and they could feed the gas monster and have hot water and fires . |
| 30 | It worked , and at first it seemed a perfect arrangement . |