Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Delaney peered closer at the last one , the view spoilt by the fast upward flickering of the frame . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Jacklin choked again at the last . |
| 8 | Wycliffe looked up at the first tier of planks ; the shot must have been fired from up there . |