Example sentences of "at [adj] he [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1	At another he speculates that none of them knew much about news or editing .
2	There was no pain in any of that at all he recalls and no fear .
3	At 13 he sailed as apprentice to a ship-owner operating out of Whitehaven in Cumberland , 36 miles [ 58 km ] south-west of Carlisle , and from ship 's boy rose to be third mate on a ‘ black-birder ’ or slave ship .
4	‘ At first he agreed that he 'd much rather be at home with me .
5	At first he assumed that he had dreamed of discussing the pros and cons of murdering Ivor Newley with Dougal .
6	At first he thought that the flash of light had been something to do with a passing car , possibly a reflection .
7	At first he thought that he had discovered a new particle , but then an astrophysicist friend of one of Alvarez 's colleagues recognised that it had the characteristics of proton-deuteron fusion — pd fusion-catalysed by a muon .
8	At first he considers that the conflict between literary values and contemporary culture can be resolved in a typically modernist manner , in that literature can be the means of subverting " conventional " views of life .
9	At last he returned and stood before Simon like a great forlorn child .
10	And amid calls from all sides for the terrorist violence to end at last he said that if his son became a symbol for peace and hope , that would be ‘ Tim 's unique achievement ’ .
11	Then at last he straightened and squared his shoulders in resolution .
12	At last he straightened and smiled .
13	At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions .
14	At last he rose and barked an order at one of the young men who placed the ladder lying on the ground against the scaffold , then gestured dramatically at Athelstan .
15	At last he spoke and his voice was part croak , part whimper .
16	At last he emerged and called me in .

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