Example sentences of "at [adj] she [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no way … no way at all she could prevent him being discovered . |
| 2 | I was afraid at first she might turn you into one of these ridiculous society cats who insist on seeing a man 's family tree before speaking to him . |
| 3 | At first she could meet his eyes , but what she saw confused her and she looked at the floor , colour creeping into her cheeks , reacting against the tenderness surprised in herself with a sense of shock that made her brusque and suspicious . |
| 4 | At first she could see nothing except the river so many floors below them . |
| 5 | At last she could postpone it no longer — she had just ten minutes to get to her bus ! |