Example sentences of "called [adv prt] at the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She explained : ‘ I was called in at the last minute to help style a photographic session for Kylie about 18 months ago and it went from there .
2 He 's still probably sweating a little because he 's waiting to be called off at the next motorway junction .
3 A press conference Mr Kaifu had scheduled for Wednesday evening to explain what the government had decided was called off at the last minute .
4 Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute .
5 Many of the rebels , after a planned night attack had been called off at the last minute , had gone off into Inverness in search of food or were sleeping exhausted , unwilling to be roused , when news arrived of Cumberland 's approach .
6 Sheringham , who cost £2 million from Millwall 12 months ago , was lined up for Spurs a fortnight ago but the deal was called off at the last minute .
7 However , this too was called off at the last minute , apparently because of opposition outrage over a massacre at Mbuji-Mayi in central Zaire .
8 Both were reported to have agreed , but the talks were called off at the last minute .
9 But the meeting was called off at the last minute and now Caldaire hopes to hold talks on Tuesday , February 25 .
10 A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election .
11 The plan was called off at the last moment .
12 Lawrence had been drafted into the lineup following a finger injury suffered by Chris Lewis , while Botham was called up at the 11th hour to win his 100th cap when Derek Pringle 's sore back failed to respond to treatment .
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