Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will make a report to me daily at the first hour of night . |
| 2 | Put them together at the last possible moment and cover with a damp tea towel until you serve them . |
| 3 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 'll drop you off at the first station we come to . ’ |
| 6 | If your marriage is on the rocks , the thing to do is throw a wobbly on a motorway at night so that your husband will put you out at the next lay-by . |
| 7 | A WEAK US economy reflected itself strongly at the second Museum of Flight Auction at Santa Monica on October 5 & 6 . |
| 8 | Canary Wharf , the tallest building in Europe , fails to shape itself adequately at the fiftieth storey and is dull as a consequence . |
| 9 | So we 've planted a seed and we either get introductions there and then or we 've paved the way to the pick them up at the second appointment . |
| 10 | So I 'll pick them up at the next brief . |
| 11 | Acceptance of the separate stages of rehearsal , drafting , revision , editing and publishing as normal practice for writers encourages children with special needs to express their ideas in writing more confidently than was possible when children were expected to get everything right at the first attempt . |
| 12 | Up to then he had never been in front — he was three down with 11 holes to play — but he went one up at the 17th the second time around . |
| 13 | ‘ You let me out at the next corner . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | If anybody put him off at the 17th it was me jumping up and down . |
| 16 | He nearly rang Fred up , but he would be seeing him tomorrow at the first night . |
| 17 | In 1979 he voted for Margaret Thatcher , backing her again at the last election after a switch to the SDP in 1983 . |
| 18 | I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni . |
| 19 | I 've got it I 've got it at home I can bring it in at the next meeting or whatever . |
| 20 | ‘ If you 'll wash the lettuce I 'll make my special dressing and we could pick some wild sorrel and chop it in at the last minute . ’ |
| 21 | Self-delusion could easily once again cloud the judgment of the shadow cabinet and Labour could go it alone at the next election , perhaps with the same misplaced confidence in a ‘ safety first ’ stance that will deliver success if the dangers inherent in new initiatives are avoided and new ideas anathemised . |
| 22 | But I have a feeling it might be easier to mull it over at the next meeting . |
| 23 | The phone on the wall close to her rang and she picked it up at the second ring . |
| 24 | I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date . |
| 25 | He says well I , we were on about sort of and he says bring it up at the next meeting , I says |
| 26 | She picked it up at the third ring . |
| 27 | We agreed to set it up at the last meeting . |
| 28 | He opened it up at the last minute , came flying over and it was a terrific shot . |
| 29 | Another affronted retort rose to her lips , but bewildered honesty forced Isabel to choke it back at the last moment . |
| 30 | I would have liked to have heard it again at the second service but Dad made us hurry home . |