Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clouds were parting and the moon showed dimly at first when the 12-pounder gun 's crew of cooks and stewards closed up aboard the destroyer . |
| 2 | The metal yields easily at first , hardens somewhat and then breaks off in a brittle fashion . |
| 3 | This road climbs moderately at first to Marbach , a well regarded unsophisticated winter sports resort with cablecar and skilifts to the Marbachegg sun-terrace ( Timetable No 1500 ) . |
| 4 | The book had now at last acquired its final title , The Birth of Tragedy , or in full , with qualifying subtitle , The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music ( Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik ) and on 16 November , under this title , it was accepted . " |
| 5 | The daughter 's story proceeds serenely at first , then hits a sickening crunch ; raped at 11 , she is shot into wary adulthood . |