Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun prp] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new military doctrine , ‘ reasonable sufficiency ’ , was adopted by Gorbachev at the 27th Party Congress and subsequently by the Warsaw Treaty Organisation . |
| 2 | the ‘ Holy Grail ’ , the cup or chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper , which is the subject of many medieval legends and romances . |
| 3 | Tonbridge had a much closer call in the semi-final , the crucial third point coming against Stowe at the fourth extra hole from Martin Yates and Simon Ellis , former Cambridge captain , who had been dormy three down . |
| 4 | The organising committee took four hours to announce the seedings and draw order , much of the time being taken up trying to persuade West Germany , who had assumed they were going to Verona , to switch to Milan at the last moment . |
| 5 | The organising committee took four hours to announce the seedings and draw order , much of the time being taken up trying to persuade West Germany , who had assumed they were going to Verona , to switch to Milan at the last moment . |
| 6 | Mr Larkin says his suffering is worse for knowing that Gary had only agreed to go to Chorley at the last minute after two people , a man and a woman , had spoken separately to him on the phone . |
| 7 | The proposals were welcomed by Camdessus at the 45th annual joint meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington from Sept. 25-27 , 1990 [ for which see p. 37730 ] . |
| 8 | " Unity " was redefined by Pollitt at the Second Left Book Club rally on 16 January 1938 . |