Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 2 | To do this properly you need to hold the strings down at the first fret and measure from the top of the pickup polepiece to the underside of the strings . |
| 3 | I asked Danny ( Knight ) to put down at the first chance after crossing back over the Channel , and he did ’ . |
| 4 | You do n't get better down at the First Spiritualist Church . |
| 5 | ‘ We managed to shepherd five down at the second attempt but one straggler broke free . |
| 6 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Clark , 64 , who stood down at the last election , had assured him that he had not advised companies to conceal military use when preparing export licence applications . |
| 8 | Three times through the winter , Cascade had been within days of being fully formed , only to fall down at the last minute . |
| 9 | Chris , Marius and the Swiss who had come from Lille were here ; Alex had been turned down at the last moment on a medical detail . |
| 10 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 11 | And he blames AC Scotland for the sabotaging of his plans to raise a second round of finance by stockbrokers in Europe who let him down at the last minute . |
| 12 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 13 | John Browne , the Conservative MP for Winchester since 1979 , announced on March 15 , 1990 , that he would stand down at the next general election . |
| 14 | Gilford forged a three-stoke lead when he chipped in at the seventh but first Spence , with birdies at the tenth and eleventh , then Ames with strikes at the fourteenth and fifteenth , cut his lead to only one . |
| 15 | I walked in at the first door I saw . |
| 16 | She hoped Daak could get the shuttle in at the first attempt . |
| 17 | ‘ In at the first putt ’ , the caption read . |
| 18 | He said , ‘ I 'm going to pull in at the next layby . |
| 19 | Can you pull in at the next lay-by ? ’ |
| 20 | I 've got it I 've got it at home I can bring it in at the next meeting or whatever . |
| 21 | Maxim said : ‘ Tell the doc it 's through the chest , in at the eighth rib , definite exit wound at the ninth . |
| 22 | He attacked the door , which caved in at the third blow . |
| 23 | The basic recipe is a reduction of white wine and brown fond de veau lié with a julienne of gherkins and mustard stirred in at the last moment . |
| 24 | BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid . |
| 25 | She explained : ‘ I was called in at the last minute to help style a photographic session for Kylie about 18 months ago and it went from there . |
| 26 | However , to illustrate my belief that nothing has really changed , while I was taking a few notes from a caddie in Montpellier in the south of France — he was telling me how ‘ we 'd hit a great pitch in at the last ’ — I happened to notice the sign above the caddie shack . |
| 27 | Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more . |
| 28 | They were all sitting there staring at me and Monsieur de Levantiére said , ‘ This is Constance , who has kindly stepped in at the last moment . ’ |
| 29 | Yes , it 's disappointing , but when someone comes in at the last minute then the adrenalin flows and you can have a very lively show . |
| 30 | Not by someone else stepping in at the last moment . |