Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now let us explore what lies behind the contemporary appearance of quite another group of towns : towns which reveal nothing at first sight of their secret , physical history , and which indeed seem to have little or nothing in common as one looks at them and around their streets . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't feel anything at first . |
| 3 | It was pitch dark in the stable and , even with the burning sticks of jharo we 'd brought from upstairs , we could see nothing at first . |
| 4 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 5 | I could n't see anything at first and Mister Johnny said , sit still and wait , and I sat still , and then the island sort of moved . |
| 6 | And I could n't see anything at first . |
| 7 | I thought , ‘ Oh my God , I 've found someone at last that really does care for me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes — keep your fingers crossed — I think I 've actually found someone at last , ’ she told him with a thankful sigh . |
| 9 | I told them you can bitch about found somebody at last . |
| 10 | Endill did not hear anything at first but after a minute or two heard what he thought was a cough in the distance . |
| 11 | It had meant nothing at first , but then he had thought to try it as an entry code to some of the secret Ping Tiao computer networks he had discovered weeks before but had failed to penetrate . |
| 12 | Crown counsel said Alan Murray also denied everything at first and then admitted joining the UVF , while Craig said he was put under pressure to keep various items but denied he was a member of any illegal organisation . |
| 13 | Several people were listening but nobody said anything at first . |