Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you 're a very brave girl , ’ he said ‘ — braver even than I thought at first . |
| 2 | Just to say that the trip worked out slightly cheaper than I anticipated at first and have pleasure in returning a little bit from your cheque . |
| 3 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you . |
| 4 | Large red and white boats packed the harbour , and I thought at first that they must be private yachts . |
| 5 | ‘ Once I cut the neckline wrong on three hundred dresses and I thought at first I 'd just keep quiet and fill the gap with lace . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ On that particular day , we arrived there about ten o'clock , and I refused at first to go any farther ; the charm of those gardens and their flowers was so great that I wanted never to leave them . |
| 8 | The climb continued by Knarlton hoot to Hudson Quarry , where wild sage was growing thickly amongst the limestone and grass , until I came at last to the rougher pasture below Hazely . |
| 9 | I could partly understand Sally 's comments because I heard at second hand from Jack Mason about the bickering that went on between manufacturers and the players ' agents about contracts . |
| 10 | When I started at first erm |
| 11 | Within days it was obvious that the extent of the dissolution was every bit as great as I had at first suspected . |
| 12 | Or was the fact of their friendship with Gideon just an unwelcome coincidence , as I had at first supposed . |