Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | The publication in April of Poems on Various Subjects , its preface written at the last moment in Cottle 's bookshop , was a genuine cause for satisfaction and received enthusiastic reviews . |
2 | His three customers on the plane were a woman who had changed her travel plans at the last minute and a married couple starting a world tour . |
3 | A man in a two-piece suit , and a thin cotton shirt and his tie knotted at the second button of the shirt . |
4 | He is confident he will gain the 6pc swing needed to secure the seat and says a Labour victory will ‘ finish off ’ what his colleague started at the last election in 1987 . |
5 | ‘ YOUR HORSE FELL AT THE FIFTH . |
6 | Following amendments to update our Constitution approved at the last Annual General Meeting held on 27th April 1985 , three members of the Executive Committee will retire annually , which of course means that it will be necessary in future to hold elections each year to fill these vacant places . |
7 | In particular , you will probably have good reason to complain if your employer departs at the last minute from an approach to the selection process that has previously been announced . |