Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] at the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others saw the action in a more defensive light : as Brezhnev explained at the 26th Party Congress in 1981 , the situation in Afghanistan posed a ‘ direct threat to the security of [ the Soviet ] southern frontier ’ , and it was certainly true that an unstable , possibly militant Islamic government in a state immediately adjoining the USSR 's southern borders might have quite serious implications for public order in the traditionally Muslim republics of Central Asia . |
| 2 | Meredith pointed at the third child , a pretty little girl with dark hair and an engaging , impish grin . |
| 3 | Reynolds looked at the first page of the notes . |
| 4 | They watched with detachment , and even with satisfaction , as the Masai began at the eleventh hour to organize themselves to resist what they feared would be the encroachment of agricultural peoples on their land , not as traditional appendages of the Masai way of life , but as conquerors armed with all the power of the modern state . |
| 5 | There was one who told his wife , ‘ The reason I 'm late is that Harry died at the third hole , so we had to go all the way round the other fifteen holes on the course , dragging Harry . ’ |
| 6 | Do not necessarily try to get DCs agreed at the first attempt . |
| 7 | Erm Mary indicated at the last executive that she wants to retire from C H C and she would like Pauline to take her place , have you an nomina , a nominee from here ? |
| 8 | Sighing , Jack glanced at the first sheet . |
| 9 | Gabriel knocked at the second brother 's door and asked for a drink of milk . |
| 10 | Although the government placed ‘ the political and economic backbone of the Republic in heavy industry and in transport ’ , Trotsky observed at the Twelfth Party Congress that they actually formed the rearguard . |
| 11 | Moor Scope battled on gamely to retake the lead from Impy Condor on the flat in the Confined and Farmer Tom was always going like a winner in the Restricted race , in which Alner and even-money favourite Baron Bob crashed at the second fence . |
| 12 | Burton arrived at the first rehearsal word-perfect and with the part already sewn on him like a skin . |
| 13 | Karl paused at the first block and then started back , looking truly astonished . |
| 14 | Lord Ridley retired at the last election and took a peerage . |
| 15 | I personally led a vigorous campaign to get Niblet removed at the first opportunity . |
| 16 | Farnham took the lead just after the interval when Musgrove netted at the second attempt after a good save from the 'keeper . |
| 17 | Zoe pointed at the second name ‘ … was just a request for something for an allergic rash . |