Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew closer till at last his forehead was leaning forward , touching Hector 's . |
| 2 | The amounts of aid forthcoming from some member countries of the support group also proved less than at first anticipated . |
| 3 | I felt then that at last the ambitions I 'd had for so long were possible , and that I could stop worrying about the gypsy who 'd looked at me closely a couple of years earlier , and said : ‘ You 'll never come to anything , you wo n't . ’ |
| 4 | And Clara , walking by her side and hearing these words , burst suddenly and at last into loud hysterical weeping , and as the tears flooded down her hot cheeks she knew that they were not for her father , but for the meanness and the lack of love , and for the fear that she would die in so ugly a hole , and so unloved . |
| 5 | There 's advantages to be se , to be had certainly and at first he seems willing , the extra land would be an advantage . |
| 6 | City shopkeepers thought this would be disastrous as the last thing that people cooped up in offices all day want to do is to plunge underground when at last they have a chance to get out in the fresh air . |