Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politburo ‘ conservatives ’ hardly had a coherent programme , and their numbers were subject to continual attrition ( Ligachev , who left the leadership after his defeat at the 28th Congress , was a notable casualty ) . |
| 2 | Helynsar ran well in the later stages of her race at the last meeting when Treat Me Good scored and she may be worth following against a moderate lot in the Moira Novices Chase . |
| 3 | The disciplinary control exercised by these groups is usually powerful , for if any member breaks away and acts contrary to the decisions of the group on any important issue he will probably lose the support of his party at the next election . |
| 4 | It was even more frightening when we reached the cooler highlands , where at night people would huddle on the road for warmth , barely visible and apparently asleep , yet able to leap dexterously out of our path at the last moment . |
| 5 | With a hopeless shrug of resignation she hurriedly put on a slim linen dress , which she had only thrown into her case at the last minute . |
| 6 | At the [ material ] time the plaintiff had come from the back door of the house and had walked diagonally across the first concrete area ; she was intending to go and have a chat with her neighbour at the next house . |
| 7 | Baker-Finch had slipped off the leaderboard , and Watson looked to be in big trouble with his drive at the 12th . |
| 8 | EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes and companion Dr Michael Stroud were almost halfway to the South Pole yesterday in their attempt at the first unaided crossing of Antarctica . |
| 9 | The bird jumps from its nest at the last minute and runs off making a special squeaking call . |
| 10 | That is one more reason why , across the south , there has been a greater swing to Labour than in any other region and why , I must point out to the hon. Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) , who seeks to speak for my native county , we look forward to a smashing victory in his constituency at the next election . |
| 11 | It is , however , something that he will be given by Conservative Members and I am sure that he will want to make the most of it before — sadly — he retires from our midst at the next general election . |
| 12 | Out of the contemporary turmoil of Hindu tradition Rabindranath Tagore wrote of the same mysterious sources of renewal : I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power — that the path before me was closed , that provisions were exhausted and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity . |
| 13 | The high society platinum beauty brought up in a secluded hot-house may look a million dollars on the show stand , but is all too liable to fall flat on her face at the first pinprick of adversity and does not stand a chance unless she is cocooned in protective sprays . |
| 14 | But he did n't like to go against his grandmother who , in her grim fashion , had been kind to his dad at the last . |
| 15 | He had curled up on to his bed at the first opportunity and fallen fast asleep . |
| 16 | Some of those who believed that his first bankruptcy had been engineered by the Shipping Federation had come to his rescue at the eleventh hour . |
| 17 | He often raises that subject , and we understand his desperation about what will happen to his seat at the next election . |
| 18 | Kyle had won back two strokes with birdies at the 15th and 16th , but Des O'Grady had lost a ball off his drive at the 17th . |
| 19 | NICK FALDO , never afraid of hard work in his pursuit of golfing perfection , has spent 30 hours in practice for his challenge at the 93rd US Open which starts at Baltusrol , New Jersey on Thursday . |
| 20 | Check one of these out for your rack at the first opportunity . |
| 21 | Her father , another member of the Parliamentary class of ‘ 64 , was NW Durham 's Labour MP until succeeded by his daughter at the last election . |
| 22 | His aunt and uncle promised to be witnesses , but were dissuaded by his mother at the last moment . |
| 23 | Two small bottles of pills stood by his plate at the first evening meal , and naturally excited the professional interest of his uncle . |