Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [num ord] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had frightened me at first but now I thought the Star Zoo was wonderful . |
| 2 | I helped her at first but it was a mistake . ’ |
| 3 | If any BW officer had reservations about the project they could have phoned me on 10th or 11th June , particularly as everyone knew the work was scheduled to start on the 12th . |
| 4 | He stirred himself at last and looked round , to find one even more worn out with weariness than himself . |
| 5 | ‘ She stirred herself at last and wrote , ’ he said as he handed Rose the letter . |
| 6 | William says both his parents were riding enthusiasts and he got put on a horse at the age of three … his mother used to ride for Britian in the sixties and she 's encouraged him to compete … it used to terrify him at first and he never dreamt he 'd be good enough to compete … |
| 7 | I suppose it 's a satisfying thing — to know you 've done it at last and it 's all there , nice and clean . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought he 'd saved it at first and was turning to run back to defend when it popped out and over the line . |
| 9 | It was a closely fought struggle in Grade Three between the two Ballynahinch teams , with just one point separating them for first and second places , with the ‘ B ’ set just edging into the lead for top honours . |
| 10 | Girfriend Zoe had told him at first that she had seen punches being exchanged betweeen the two , then that she had not , but he said she was confussed and highly distressed . |
| 11 | I could n't believe it at first that the problem was so simple ; in fact I walked out of that lesson without any pain at all … the first time for twenty months . |
| 12 | I did n't like it at first cos all the animation was all too fuzzy and wobbly and everything I can remember cos I did n't think it was as good as the Magic Roundabout but then yeah I love it now . |
| 13 | I could n't see anything at first and Mister Johnny said , sit still and wait , and I sat still , and then the island sort of moved . |
| 14 | I was taught to do it in first and use the accelerator . |
| 15 | Scott heard it at last and looked around , fumbling for the taps , trying to turn off the shower . |
| 16 | I thought , ‘ Oh my God , I 've found someone at last that really does care for me . ’ |
| 17 | Surely he had n't found it at last and with a girl less than half his age , intelligent but uneducated , promiscuous and burdened with an illegitimate child . |
| 18 | I watched it in first and I went |
| 19 | Endill did not hear anything at first but after a minute or two heard what he thought was a cough in the distance . |
| 20 | The overall result was that All Hallows were third , behind Marple Hall , whose local knowledge brought them in first and Queen Elizabeth GS , Wakefield . |
| 21 | Well we 'll leave him till last if he 's got |
| 22 | The key is to start with something simple ; 95 per cent of the decisions you make are unconscious — for example , when you drive a car you never really think about putting it into first or second gear . |
| 23 | When I was a trainee my deputy fresh foods went it with me , and like he 'd sit there and he 'd say right this is how you do it at first and then he 'd let me do some and well I 'd do them and he 'd say why have you done that and I 'd tell him and then he 'd let me do it |
| 24 | Crown counsel said Alan Murray also denied everything at first and then admitted joining the UVF , while Craig said he was put under pressure to keep various items but denied he was a member of any illegal organisation . |
| 25 | The driver could n't find him at first as only the top of his helmet was visible . |