Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I was not at first sight the most employable of people . |
| 2 | I thought you were here at first , or just nipped to the pub or something . ’ |
| 3 | She was now at last returning home . |
| 4 | They were not at first acute and Celia supposed that they could be due to indigestion and therefore a false alarm . |
| 5 | She 'd tell him that when they were together at last . |
| 6 | They were there at last , Lucy was bundled as gently as speed would allow on to a trolley and whisked off through swing doors , and Virginia stared , hollow-eyed , at Guy as they waited around silently in the reception area . |
| 7 | It were n't at first but it is now |
| 8 | It was over at last . |
| 9 | It was n't at first , |
| 10 | It was not at first shared by most serf-owners in the provinces , or indeed by most of the great landowners among senior officials . |
| 11 | So , it was out at last , and it was not what she 'd expected . |
| 12 | It was low at first , then we could hear it rising until the whole auditorium was engulfed in gales of laughter at the poor preacher who had been duped by the Mau Maus . |