Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 've planted a seed and we either get introductions there and then or we 've paved the way to the pick them up at the second appointment . |
| 2 | Put them together at the last possible moment and cover with a damp tea towel until you serve them . |
| 3 | ‘ You let me out at the next corner . |
| 4 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 5 | And he blames AC Scotland for the sabotaging of his plans to raise a second round of finance by stockbrokers in Europe who let him down at the last minute . |
| 6 | We agreed to set it up at the last meeting . |
| 7 | I 've got it I 've got it at home I can bring it in at the next meeting or whatever . |
| 8 | He opened it up at the last minute , came flying over and it was a terrific shot . |
| 9 | I 'll drop you off at the first station we come to . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If you could just drop us off at the first five-star hotel you come to . ’ |
| 11 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
| 12 | He nearly rang Fred up , but he would be seeing him tomorrow at the first night . |
| 13 | We met Audrey and Margaret on the way , and we saw them again at the next stop , Motueka , 60 miles to the north . |
| 14 | Self-delusion could easily once again cloud the judgment of the shadow cabinet and Labour could go it alone at the next election , perhaps with the same misplaced confidence in a ‘ safety first ’ stance that will deliver success if the dangers inherent in new initiatives are avoided and new ideas anathemised . |
| 15 | He says well I , we were on about sort of and he says bring it up at the next meeting , I says |
| 16 | But I have a feeling it might be easier to mull it over at the next meeting . |
| 17 | I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date . |
| 18 | I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni . |
| 19 | I would have liked to have heard it again at the second service but Dad made us hurry home . |
| 20 | So I 'll pick them up at the next brief . |
| 21 | If your marriage is on the rocks , the thing to do is throw a wobbly on a motorway at night so that your husband will put you out at the next lay-by . |
| 22 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 23 | If anybody put him off at the 17th it was me jumping up and down . |
| 24 | In 1979 he voted for Margaret Thatcher , backing her again at the last election after a switch to the SDP in 1983 . |
| 25 | The phone on the wall close to her rang and she picked it up at the second ring . |
| 26 | She picked it up at the third ring . |
| 27 | Another affronted retort rose to her lips , but bewildered honesty forced Isabel to choke it back at the last moment . |