Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came here at first , the side were top of the First Division , but there was no apparent feeling for the game . |
| 2 | When I looked up at last , it was to see the near cliffs bright with the afternoon sun , and the sea creaming calmly against the storm beach in the gentlest of high tides . |
| 3 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 4 | I did just at first , because I missed my Mum , so I used to go back to visit her . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , about five years , but then I did n't at first have anything to judge my pain against . |
| 6 | I did n't at first but since people have said I 've looked at some pictures and seen some sort of resemblence … |
| 7 | No , I bottled out at last minute . |