Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] at [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 It was sent to her home and came at last to her family .
2 Both are candidates for the Olympic team and Bridge , though the youngest man in the race , rowed in last year 's crew and competed at last year 's world championships in a coxed pair steered by Probert .
3 She bent over the bed and thought at first that she was too late .
4 It was departing from this grandiose encounter that Rose at last found Auguste , his head still full of exalted plans for the humble whiting .
5 Andrew Garthwaite had been playing pool with his attacker and thought at first it was a joke .
6 The authorities became worried about the threat to public order and decided at last to act against both fascist paramilitary provocation and anti-fascist counter-violence , a decision influenced by deputations to the Home Secretary from the London Labour party and the Manchester watch committee .
7 In 1985 , they " woke up " and sued for possession but failed at first instance .
8 The railway company always intended to lease the Euston as a first-class hotel but tried at first to run the Victoria itself .
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