Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put them together at the last possible moment and cover with a damp tea towel until you serve them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He nearly rang Fred up , but he would be seeing him tomorrow at the first night . |
| 4 | We met Audrey and Margaret on the way , and we saw them again at the next stop , Motueka , 60 miles to the north . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I would have liked to have heard it again at the second service but Dad made us hurry home . |
| 8 | In 1979 he voted for Margaret Thatcher , backing her again at the last election after a switch to the SDP in 1983 . |