Example sentences of "i [vb past] at [num ord] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought at first that the sound , the terrorized shriek , was my last spurt , expressing itself . |
| 2 | Large red and white boats packed the harbour , and I thought at first that they must be private yachts . |
| 3 | I thought at first that he was merely taking an open-air path to his own bedroom , but he went straight past the open door at the end of his sleeping car , and straight on past the next car also . |
| 4 | ‘ When I was in Egypt I thought at first that the sun and the desert , the empty sky and the empty sand — that there was nowhere more grand . |
| 5 | As I said , I thought at first that the no boundary condition did indeed imply that disorder would decrease in the contracting phase . |
| 6 | I thought at first that Lady Eleanor had fainted . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |