Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not advisable to give the dog free run of the car , however , simply because it could damage the interior , by scratching the upholstery , for example , if it wants to come out at first light before you are awake . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As always , remember to practise sl-ow-ly at first and only build up the tempo as and when the part begins to feel comfortable . |
| 4 | Of course , unless the pilot is aware that the glider is stalled , he is bound to respond instinctively at first , applying full aileron and rudder to try to stop the rapid wing-drop and pulling right back to try to stop the nose dropping . |
| 5 | When we started to go there at first there were a fella , a fella from Keighley who was a weaver and he bought a bit of land at the side of the er , the side of the chapel , or was it the school ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She said she had wanted to go home at first but had got used to it at her uncle 's house now . |
| 8 | so when I got up half past six and I got shaved now at last , gon na go and get ready and pull the curtains back , oh what a of rain , I says oh I says |
| 9 | 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 … . |
| 10 | ‘ Pubs , ’ he had said briefly at first . |
| 11 | When the cheers and the clapping had died down at last , Don Mini stood up to make a speech . |
| 12 | She had read of Cupid , the little god of love , and of his wicked darts piercing the heart at the moment of understood love , and she had laughed a little at the idea ; but one of them had struck home at last , and she knew that on the two previous occasions when she had previously and disastrously thought herself in love it had not been love at all … |
| 13 | She wanted to go there at last and peep through wrought-iron gates into beautiful gardens . |
| 14 | ‘ You get people in tears coming into the pub just because they have got here at last . |
| 15 | He retired to live quietly at first at Oatlands Park , maintaining his religious Nonconformity . |