Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] at [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ca n't gazump you at the last minute cos it makes |
| 2 | ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole . |
| 3 | Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt . |
| 4 | At the speed the train is going , I will catch it at the next station . |
| 5 | I was gon na catch it at the next stop . |
| 6 | I think it would be nice , and then we could actually discuss it at the next planning meeting which I presume , which is the twentieth |
| 7 | Er if there were holes in the information or whether really whatever board members feel and erm we can consider it at the next meeting . |
| 8 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 9 | I can not chuck them at the last minute . |
| 10 | Harvey was there in a red-coat uniform , smiling and doing his neat little dances and pretending to drop plates and saving them at the last minute , and the girls were saying ‘ Ooo ’ and slyly studying each other 's hairdos and shoes . |
| 11 | Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment . |
| 12 | We see a dancer at a rave , film him later that week , and project him at the next rave . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 14 | We 'll see you at the next coaches ' meeting . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It was quite usual for me to take on this sort of job but it was n't usual for him to make an appointment for me and only tell me at the last minute , especially when it meant working after hours . |
| 16 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 17 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 18 | One of the great regrets , I am sure , of all hon. Members is that because the hon. Gentleman has chosen to leave us at the next election he will never have the opportunity to be a junior Minister . |
| 19 | Ideally we should launch it at the 40th Anniversary Celebrations and hold the Draw at the Annual Reunion in November . |
| 20 | We came very close to doing it at the last election . |
| 21 | I rang Prentice as I could n't think how to put it off any longer , and got him at the second number he 'd left . |
| 22 | She saw him at the first lecture , and thrilled at his cultured voice . |
| 23 | If I do n't pass it at the third time I 'm just gon na give up cos I 'm not failing more |
| 24 | He proved how difficult this feat is by failing to repeat it at the second time of asking . |
| 25 | Begin what seems to be a front kick , then change it at the last moment into a high roundhouse kick . |
| 26 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 27 | He was almost on the point of signing before his better judgement saved him at the last moment from the emetic flower-child rompings of this 1972 Paramount flop . |
| 28 | As Tomsky put it at the Fifth Congress of Trade Unions on 2 October 1922 : ‘ Without the strengthening and support of transport there can be no construction of socialism . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He gets us into this mess , then legs it at the first sniff of trouble ! ’ |
| 30 | And then if need be we 'll raise it at the next meeting . |