Example sentences of "[vb past] at [num] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The crisis came at 5-5 in the second game , by which time Horner had begun to dig in .
2 I arrived at 9.30 for the 10 o'clock appointment .
3 We then continued our journey , pushing on until we reached the city walls and lodged at one of the fine taverns on the Southwark side of the river .
4 It was the red-haired left-hander 's first win over the squash legend , the first time he had played a match lasting an hour and 50 minutes at this level and won , and the first time he can ever have gambled so audaciously as he did at 13-13 in the final game .
5 I paused at one of the few spots where a bright streak of light fell across the boards and , as she approached , said : ‘ Ah , Miss Kenton . ’
6 We sat at one of the two tables just beneath the dais .
7 They sat at one of the marble-topped tables and ordered coffee from a bored waitress who scarcely spared them a glance .
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