Example sentences of "[verb] at the beginning that " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , we all know what it is like to start something entirely new and to be told at the beginning that rows of holes have to be followed by two knit rows and then , when it all seems to be going well , to discover that there are two transferring rows one after the other , sounding like a contradiction in terms . |
| 2 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 3 | There was no advance planning to reach this figure and I decided at the beginning that I would not cut corners in an effort to keep within the budget . |
| 4 | As Mr. Charles Webster , the national health service historian , recently told ’ Newsnight ’ , that meant a splurge of spending at the beginning that was followed by the most desperate and dangerous cuts ever in the history of the national health service . |
| 5 | Indeed , we saw at the beginning that this was the principal reason for culture in the first place : it was a means of containing such anti-social antagonisms in what was , for a gelada-like hominid , a novel mode of subsistence which demanded considerable social cooperation , altruism and restraint . |
| 6 | The leader announced at the beginning that complete freedom of speech was allowed but speeches must be kept short . |
| 7 | I thought at the beginning that you were working with him , that it was your revenge for Eddie 's death . |
| 8 | I said at the beginning that you were gon na come and listen to our stories you also had |
| 9 | As to the rest of the hon. Gentleman 's question , I said at the beginning that I thought the less said the better . |
| 10 | I know I said at the beginning that it could help save lives , am I er overstating the mark there ? |
| 11 | To me , he wrote on 10 February as follows , the invective being tempered by the desire expressed at the beginning that we should have in due course a prolonged tête-à-tête : |
| 12 | The continuous surveys procedure will state at the beginning that continuous surveys will contain in the master job file details of the extent to which that survey will follow the standard procedures . |