Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Wycliffe looked up at the first tier of planks ; the shot must have been fired from up there . |