Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simple end-product arrives only at the fifth attempt . |
| 2 | He also urged them to remember Tory supporters living overseas at the next election . |
| 3 | The interview fell through at the last minute … |
| 4 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |
| 5 | Ianthe was glad when the woman and her child got out at the next station , for not only did she find the conversation embarrassing but she also wanted to think about the moments before her unexpected meeting with Agnes Dalby — moments which she had so far had no chance of reliving or considering . |
| 6 | The treaty of Brest-Litovsk , which the military superiority of Germany forced upon the young Soviet State at the end of the year , revealed the limits of its power : ‘ The past keeps fast hold of us , ’ Lenin observed gloomily at the 8th Party Congress , ‘ grasps us with a thousand tentacles , and does not allow us to take a single forward step , or compels us to take these steps badly . ’ |
| 7 | In the event Lin and Chiang pulled out at the last moment , prompting speculation that Lee had made a deal with the conservatives over the reform programme or over Cabinet posts . |
| 8 | The attack is a low-level one , the hooked talons thrown forward at the last moment to seize the fish , the forward speed of the eagle pulling the catch from the water . |
| 9 | Ant : You do n't like school discos " cos your mum turned up at the last one at nine o'clock to take you home , and Fungus announced it over the mike . |
| 10 | The strong relationship between syntactic category and coverage exists only at the first level of information . |
| 11 | The basic recipe is a reduction of white wine and brown fond de veau lié with a julienne of gherkins and mustard stirred in at the last moment . |
| 12 | The Chicago discussions were attended by fifty-one countries , many of which were still under German or Japanese occupation , so the proceedings were dominated by the USA , Britain , and the Commonwealth ( the USSR backed out at the last minute ) . |
| 13 | Even in that jungly light I see something does n't add up : can a corpse have half a nose and two fingers busted off at the first joint ? |
| 14 | Delaney peered closer at the last one , the view spoilt by the fast upward flickering of the frame . |
| 15 | Ursula and Gianni got off at the next station but one , having brought their growing mutual admiration to a startling climax wedged solid among the rocking mass of sober commuters . |
| 16 | Jacklin choked again at the last . |
| 17 | In the Arab World and East & South East Asia & Oceania regions , infant mortality at the two birth order groups is about the same , so that the minimum falls probably at the third or fourth birth order . |
| 18 | Andrew 's background has made him a focal point for media interest this week , including an appearance on regional television filmed back at the last working tin mine , at South Crofty , near Redruth . |
| 19 | The programme entitled " Socialism , Democracy , Progress " , written by Gorbachev and his aide , Georgii Shakhnazarov , after drafting by a commission set up at the 28th Party Congress in July 1990 [ see pp. 37614-17 ] , unequivocally condemned Stalinism , and committed the party to forming a " controlled market economy " ( including the principle of private ownership ) , and to converting the Soviet Union into a " democratic federation of sovereign republics " , thereby recognizing " the principle of independence of the republican parties included in the CPSU " . |
| 20 | In that election the candidate dropped out at the last minute and the only man who could be found to replace him was living in Zambia . |
| 21 | Wycliffe looked up at the first tier of planks ; the shot must have been fired from up there . |
| 22 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 23 | Make sure you get a copy of the initial ( and any supplementary ) reading list(s) handed out at the first meeting with your class teachers . |
| 24 | A set of principles of ‘ functional ’ town planning was established , enshrined in a document drawn up at the fourth congress held aboard a liner cruising between Marseilles and Athens : hence the Athens Charter , 1933 . |
| 25 | She nearly dropped the mug but her brain took over at the last instant . |
| 26 | ‘ Once or twice , ’ she admitted , as her next bowl ran straight at the first , making contact with a gentle ‘ klok ’ . |
| 27 | Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more . |
| 28 | Mostly , crises arise when a guest pulls out at the last minute and we 're urgently looking for a replacement — sometimes we 've had just a matter of hours . |
| 29 | City : O & Y pays up at the last minute |