Example sentences of "came at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her moment came at the end of the first course when , without any apparent signal , the parlourmaid came back into the room . |
| 2 | Everything was Nordic or Russian except the Lehar group that came at the end . |
| 3 | The almost unanimous passage of the decree , by 364 votes to 6 , came at the end of a day of turmoil at the Supreme Soviet sitting in the Kremlin . |
| 4 | Like Gronberg , she had only one bogey and her two remaining birdies came at the 10th and 18th holes . |
| 5 | Both had pars at the 37th - their third visit of the day to the first hole — and the end came at the short second where Faldo hit a seven-iron to three feet to break the deadlock with a two to a three . |
| 6 | A major turning-point came at the start of 1985 when Peter Walker announced that there would be no power cuts at all in the coming year , however long the strike lasted . |
| 7 | William Temple came at the age of 28 and was headmaster from 1911 to 1914 . |
| 8 | But our real kick came at the end of the film when the lights went up . |
| 9 | An extra impetus for the disposal came at the start of the week when Pepsi decided to end its franchise relationship with Perrier , citing poor sales performance . |
| 10 | Five of those minutes came at the end of the first half , allowing Hein to score the first of his morale-boosting tries for Oxford in the right corner . |
| 11 | Bonanza Boy finished a remote eighth in the race and is 10lb worse off with Little Polveir but it is unwise to judge him on that performance which came at the end of a long season after some punishing contests . |
| 12 | Perhaps for many of the fans the best moment of all came at the end of the fifth Test , when Tony Greig went out and ‘ grovelled ’ before them . |
| 13 | His first taste of Test captaincy came at the Oval in 1988 ; he was unable to stem the West Indian flood , but produced a battling second innings to make a game of it . |
| 14 | As Worrell 's career came at the same period , the stature he acquired both as a man and a leader gave added impetus and credibility to the black independence movement , especially as cricket is such an important part of Caribbean life . |
| 15 | A note duly came at the end of September , hurtful in its brevity , frustrating in its lack of information : — thank you for the money sister which is put to good use your son being in need of shoes and all manner of apparel since he grows apace . |
| 16 | His impassioned speech came at the end of a day of increasing speculation over the likelihood that the Liberal Democrats could hold the balance of power after Thursday 's general election . |
| 17 | Another birdie came at the third as he holed from 15 feet , up then down hill , beyond the pin . |
| 18 | Another birdie came at the short sixth , a downhill putt of 8ft , but a bogey five at the ninth , taking him out in 36 , undermined any move up the leaderboard . |
| 19 | But the most dramatic moments came at the special ‘ informal ’ sessions held to allow ordinary people their say . |
| 20 | Roberto 's shot came at the 16th . |
| 21 | I knew a putt would have to drop before long and it came at the 8th , the par-3 ( 178 yards ) . |
| 22 | Two of the reasons for this reputation came at the first two majors of the 1986 season — the US Masters and US Open . |
| 23 | That came at the 7th tee . |
| 24 | ‘ The interview came at the end of a long day . |
| 25 | Even Bean 's reluctant character , inevitably christened Whizzo , came at the rattle of a food bucket . |
| 26 | The enormous increase in the demand for lace was largely due to the fashion for lace curtains which came at the same time as a huge house-building programme , and buyers came from home and abroad to negotiate their deals in the Lace Market . |
| 27 | Sometimes , but not too often , there was the sound of a window being broken , whereupon a general speedy exodus took place , with the consequent panic whenever a knock came at the street door during the next few days . |
| 28 | The only account of William Green 's life came at the end of the 19th century and was written by Charles Roeder . |
| 29 | The origins of this transformation may be traced back into the late 19th century but the upheaval finally came at the time of Vietnam , flower-power and the campus revolutions . |
| 30 | The writer discovered or was introduced to Robinson Crusoe too early , so that it appeared to be a tedious book ; Mervyn Peake 's Gormenghast trilogy appeared a little too late , so that he accepted it with a little less excitement than it deserved ; and Proust 's Remembrance of things past came at the right moment when he had the tenacity for the task . |