Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adj] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I became pregnant at that point and was absolutely thrilled . |
| 2 | Something I found distasteful at first was the actual preparation of Dawn 's food . |
| 3 | I regarded this at first as meanness . |
| 4 | On the literal level , I learnt this at first hand with our notorious stoves . |
| 5 | I felt indignant at this casual assumption . |
| 6 | I felt aggrieved at this because I had not worked with the sister during my placement , and could not imagine how she could possibly assess my work and capability . |
| 7 | I sighed heavily as I looked first at one and then at the other while we made our slow way down the main street , past Woolworth and the traffic lights . |
| 8 | I know I went crazy at first but I got better . |
| 9 | I went crazy at first , too . ’ |
| 10 | I crossed carefully-even at low tide the sea-weeds made the stones treacherous — then went to the boat-house window and peered in . |
| 11 | oh no I did four at that one and I just did one there . |
| 12 | I had another at ten to eight |
| 13 | What I missed most at this occa , on this occasion was the opportunity for bible study , but I think getting pe er , a visitor of another kind there was able to visit some of the bible studies each morning . |
| 14 | Carol tells of a life going downhill after she became pregnant at 14 , of a descent into doctors ' prescriptions ( ‘ Largactil , Valium , you name it … |
| 15 | She seemed nervous at first , then almost resentful of the older woman 's presence . |
| 16 | She turned professional at 15 and spent 2 years on the tennis circuit and is now ranked in the top 5 in Britain . |
| 17 | There she was , hair swept up as usual , mannishness accentuated by a tailored suit , her presence haloed by the only perfume she ever wore , if she wore any at all . |
| 18 | She looked puzzled at this . |
| 19 | Please come and join the , the group and , and chip in if you felt free at all . |
| 20 | However , she fell asleep at last , and Breeze took this to mean that the burn must be less serious than it appeared . |
| 21 | She fell asleep at last , but in no time at all the pain in her back wakened her again ; insistent , demanding . |
| 22 | She felt aggrieved at that thought and the accompanying flare inside her . |
| 23 | Pat had come to him and asked to be able to buy the shop — not with any money she had available at that time , but on a never-never basis , letting him have a share in the takings until the value of the business had been reached . |
| 24 | McAllister was playing well enough himself and we looked comfortable at all times . |
| 25 | Those officers were especially selected from erm the firearms officers we had available at that time and they were responsible for all firearms operations within the county . |
| 26 | ‘ WHAT surprises me now is not that my generation had so little sex in the 1950s , but that , given the circumstances , we had any at all ’ — Sir Peter Hall . |
| 27 | said yes or no , of course that baffled Lynsey , cos Lynsey and Pat , you know they got talkative at first Pat told me |
| 28 | They led 5–2 at half time and always had a safe cushion of at least two goals right through to the final whistle . |
| 29 | PETERBOROUGH 's promotion hopes were dented when they lost 3–0 at lowly Wigan — and they also had striker Steve Cooper sent off for dissent . |
| 30 | For Yeovil , who reached the fifth round against Manchester United in 1948-49 — they lost 8-0 at Old Trafford — modern reality tells a different story . |