Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [num ord] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss . |
| 2 | The house was dark , and at first I could n't see very well . |
| 3 | They looked just like those horrible Yahoos , and at first I could not let them touch me or come near me . |
| 4 | She was lying almost abeam of us , and at first I could n't see her hull , but only a sort of thickening of the mist that turned out to be her mast . |
| 5 | Slowly , ever so slowly the angle eases as the distance from the ice-screw increases and at last I can place another . |