Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian poet mistakes him at first for a brigand of the woods , a political conspirator , or a charlatan trading in elixirs and arsenic . |
| 2 | Nausea overwhelmed her at last . |
| 3 | Only as the cloverleaf began to appear as a grey shape in the otherwise black wall did I at last fall into a dream-wracked sleep . |
| 4 | Her scorn stung him at last . |
| 5 | Only on his way home at lunchtime did he at last rouse himself enough to make a detour , and stop by at his brother 's apartment and invite Franco to come home with him for lunch . |
| 6 | The reality surprised me at first , and then like everyone else , I took it for granted . |
| 7 | He had no idea , for the letter forced him at last to admit to himself that he knew nothing about his son , that he had lost touch with him , had allowed him over the years to drift further and further away so that now they were virtual strangers . |