Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And indeed the little creature merely sighed before lying motionless , the fateful twitching stilled at last . |
| 2 | He was engaging in a war of nerves with her , Isabel realised at last , but he did n't remember . |
| 3 | The need for centralization of the royal court and parliament led at last to the choice and subsequent development of Edinburgh as Scotland 's capital city . |
| 4 | A two storey building linked by a bridge to the main building , and which incorporated the Library was substantially modified to provide a Modern Languages Suite situated at First Floor Level , with additional Classrooms and Offices , located on the Ground Floor . |
| 5 | All day long she had wondered how he had managed to bamboozle his way into a consultancy , but first the calm , unflappable way he had dealt with Steve and now here , with the devastated relatives , Kathleen had an opportunity to see at first hand the qualities that set him apart as a consultant . |
| 6 | Digital Equipment Corp has at last announced its OSF/1 Unix-based operating system for Alpha-based AXP systems , giving its Alpha hardware customers an alternative to VMS . |
| 7 | IBM Corp has at last woken up to the fact that to remain competitive in the personal computer business , it is necessary constantly to add new models , and in the US , the company yesterday added new 80486-based PS/1 models based on chips ranging from the 25MHz 80486SX to the 66MHz 80486DX2 ; they come in desktop and minitower configurations and are available now at prices expected to go from $1,200 to $3,000 ; they are upgradable to the Pentium . |
| 8 | The public breakdown of discipline in the crime-suppression division has at last destroyed the faith of many Thais in the police . |
| 9 | But it 's only now , 17 years after her death , that the first lady of crime fiction has at last acquired a fan club . |
| 10 | Are we to jump to the unlikely conclusion that John 's heart has at last been melted by the love of a good woman ? |
| 11 | Whilst your forthcoming weekend will naturally provide you with the ideal opportunity to discover at first hand the delights of owning your own Highland retreat , I can assure you there is absolutely no commitment . |
| 12 | Chief Planning and Development Officer , Liam Tiller , says he 's pleased that after nearly two years , Whitehall has at last agreed to the Council 's proposals . |
| 13 | DEC has at last announced its OSF/1-based operating system for Alpha-based AXP systems , giving its Alpha hardware customers an alternative from VMS . |
| 14 | Ellen asked at last . |
| 15 | Courses leading to masters ' degrees are normally designed to fulfil one of the following objectives : to follow directly from the study undertaken at first degree level ; to enable graduates of one discipline to acquire knowledge of another related discipline or subject area ; to develop and apply the student 's first degree knowledge in a related specialized area ; or to relate and synthesize a number of disciplines which the student may not have studied at first degree level . |
| 16 | Primary sources provide data gathered at first hand ; that is to say , they are original sets of data produced by the people who collected them . |
| 17 | First , despite a brave attempt to encourage candidates to stand at last week 's annual general meeting , the council remains grossly under-represented . |
| 18 | They have been replaced in many areas by an urban , overwhelmingly middle-class population which has been attracted by a combination of cheap housing ( until the late 1960s ) and by an idealized view of rural life which their ownership of a car has at last allowed them to indulge . |
| 19 | My mind has at last caught up , and indeed overtaken my body . |
| 20 | Channel 4 's comedy department has at last found the right format for a cabaret star — by going back to the innocent childhood of TV comedy . |
| 21 | RIVAS OF BLOOD STEMMED AT LAST |
| 22 | Fortunately their future has at last been settled and work is currently under way converting the mill into council offices . |
| 23 | Their husbands objected at first , but soon stopped when the money started coming in and anyway a quarter of the women were on their own , who had been abandoned or divorced . |
| 24 | The pyjamas fastened at last , Ashley rose shakily to her feet . |
| 25 | Danes are in effect voting on a deal negotiated at last December 's EC summit in Edinburgh , which gave them opt-outs on sensitive issues such as a common currency , joint security , police controls and citizenship rules . |
| 26 | The branch is still reeling from the losses suffered at last year 's polls . |
| 27 | The lawyer murmured at last : ‘ Let's not be hasty . |
| 28 | A multi-tribal alliance of their own is their only chance of hanging on to power when white rule ends at last . |
| 29 | They are contrasted with secondary sources , which are data got at second hand ; i.e. sets of data culled from other people 's original data . |
| 30 | Light dawned at last . |