Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Time seemed to go rather slowly at first . |
2 | Walking fairly briskly at first to keep the fire 's warmth with us , we went down through the fields , crossed the main bridge and followed a tributary upstream until the valley narrowed out . |
3 | Seemed all right at first , but came up like a balloon over the weekend . ’ |
4 | The CIA commented somewhat tentatively at first on Harold Wilson , the prime minister , describing him as very much a loner in British politics . |
5 | The only hard part about this operation was the regular watchkeeping split between our six-man crew throughout twenty four hours , but the time passed pleasantly enough at first . |
6 | ‘ The engineering side grew very quickly at first , ’ says Rudd . |
7 | He slept almost continuously at first so I could work almost as normal . |
8 | Shortly afterwards he became a more serious bookmaker , but plunged too heavily at first and lost all his capital . |
9 | This works very well at first . |