Example sentences of "i [verb] at [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 I asked at last .
2 I mean at first I did n't know what you mean , but I do now .
3 ‘ I prefer it on this side of the sea , ’ I say at last , and I mean it , though I ca n't quite remember which sea I 'm talking about .
4 I encountered at first hand the sufferings of un-dernourished children and out-of-work ironstone miners and their impoverished families , ’ he writes .
5 ‘ Yeah , ’ I muttered at last .
6 ’ All right , ’ I muttered at last , and turned towards the disposal to jettison the bug .
7 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 .
8 Not that I want to look as if I shop at Next , or look cute , or anything , it 's just that I ca n't afford to dress the way I 'd like to .
9 I messed at first with Harry Phillimore , who was to become a lifelong friend .
10 Moving with no clear sense of direction , I arrived at last at a wooden hut , set in a clearing in the forest which covered that part of the mountain .
11 " Please do stop , " I begged at last .
12 I know at last erm , budget meeting we talked about doing so for the entire health survey , because really the amount of money spent on sickness is quite astronomical , and one does need to look at this when you 're having to meet your budget .
13 The bedding which I observed at first hand in 1954 in the peasant community of Pul Eliya was nothing like as grand as the stereotype ; but , apart from some minor differences , it had all the same elements and for the most part they occurred in just the same sequence .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 When I started at first erm
17 But despite how I felt at first about myself when I lost my leg , I have n't really had that many problems with boyfriends .
18 Yet I felt at last I had straightened out the time that had buckled when I lost all my writing .
19 PAUSE I thought I knew at last who you were , why you liked me at school , why you took the trouble to read those poems I 'd written .
20 When I first met John Hurt in 1977 , when he was in Devon filming The Shout , I saw at first hand how much he drank .
21 Thus I saw at first hand the developing excitement within the scientific community on two continents as thousands of us changed research programmes literally overnight and attempted to replicate the phenomenon .
22 I saw at first hand what a regressive prison regime does to prisoners .
23 I saw at first hand the problems Linfield had with travel arrangements and communications … give me Belfast every time . ’
24 I saw at first hand the problems Linfield had with travel arrangements and communications … give me Belfast every time . ’
25 One of the areas I looked at first was the so-called ancillary services — that is cleaning , catering and laundry .
26 Pete , of Bruton , Somerset , said yesterday : ‘ I laughed at first because I did not believe it .
27 I thought at first that the sound , the terrorized shriek , was my last spurt , expressing itself .
28 Large red and white boats packed the harbour , and I thought at first that they must be private yachts .
29 I thought at first the food was a trap , but after you left the pink mixture I knew I could trust you . ’
30 ‘ I think you 're a very brave girl , ’ he said ‘ — braver even than I thought at first .
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