Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at [num ord] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought at first that the sound , the terrorized shriek , was my last spurt , expressing itself . |
| 2 | Large red and white boats packed the harbour , and I thought at first that they must be private yachts . |
| 3 | I thought at first that he was merely taking an open-air path to his own bedroom , but he went straight past the open door at the end of his sleeping car , and straight on past the next car also . |
| 4 | ‘ When I was in Egypt I thought at first that the sun and the desert , the empty sky and the empty sand — that there was nowhere more grand . |
| 5 | As I said , I thought at first that the no boundary condition did indeed imply that disorder would decrease in the contracting phase . |
| 6 | I thought at first that Lady Eleanor had fainted . |
| 7 | And I thought at first that it was good , because my mistress had lost her interest in life and I thought this might renew it . ’ |
| 8 | She thought at first that it was an apple pip in her mouth . |
| 9 | She thought at first that his ordeal had been too much for him and that his mind was wandering . |
| 10 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |
| 11 | ‘ We thought at first that she had hidden herself deliberately , ’ said Nanette , ‘ and did n't bother too much . |
| 12 | We worried at first that the children might be sceptical and uninterested ; but we soon found that nine year olds have already heard of atoms in garbled ways from comics and really want to know about them . |
| 13 | They heard at first that these were industrial spare parts , then medical equipment , then mining equipment , then oil-drilling gear . |
| 14 | And as it slumped to the stairs , it realised at last that the girl was also somehow connected with the storm . |
| 15 | It seemed at first that Hepworth , too , might make a telling contribution when he began with three maidens , in the course of which he comprehensively bowled Pearson . |
| 16 | When the King saw me , he thought at first that I must be a mechanical toy . |