Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] at the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three times through the winter , Cascade had been within days of being fully formed , only to fall down at the last minute . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ I 'm going to pull in at the next layby . |
| 3 | Carefully , slowly , Grace and her father tried to get the boat near the rock , but three times they had to pull away at the last minute . |
| 4 | It hit it hit Ian Stringfellow last week and caused Nicky Platten now to pull out at the last minute last night . |
| 5 | I was confident I could wear her down eventually , but I certainly never expected her to come across at the first time of asking . |
| 6 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 7 | I asked Danny ( Knight ) to put down at the first chance after crossing back over the Channel , and he did ’ . |
| 8 | No wonder the ‘ troops on the ground ’ are cynical , for they know ‘ real work ’ is for young officers and is something to leave behind at the first opportunity ! |
| 9 | BARRY LANE produced a best-of-the-week 66 to come from eight behind to force a tie with Jose-Maria Canizares ( 74 ) in the Rome Masters at windswept Castelgandolfo yesterday , only to lose out at the fourth play-off hole . |
| 10 | Instead , people learn to back off at the first sign that somebody might disapprove . |
| 11 | But all the time they forage they are alert , ready to withdraw instantly at the first hint of danger . |
| 12 | Spalding and Miss Robinson were sent to the lift , told to get out at the second floor , turn right , and go to the rooms numbered 207 and 208 . |
| 13 | Someone had had to drop out at the last minute and there was an unexpected vacancy to be filled . |
| 14 | WHAT do you do when the date and time of your official opening has been set , the invitations sent out and your guest of honour has to drop out at the last minute due to matters of national importance ? |
| 15 | He almost missed the turning off the taxiway to the runway and had to brake hard at the last minute . |
| 16 | But the task of clearing hundreds of tips was too much for them to take on at the last minute . |
| 17 | BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid . |
| 18 | The repeating shape of the accompaniment in quavers is designed to recur only at the first beat of the seventh bar . |
| 19 | It dominates the town from any direction , looking across the river and seeming to peer cautiously at the last limb of the Jura mountains in the distance , a reminder of the days when an enemy might appear in the valley below . |
| 20 | but I said well at least you 've got it all done , you do n't have to rush around at the last minute . |