Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] at [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
2 | I can change my mind at the last minute if I think the thing is n't watertight . ’ |
3 | The position that was presented by myself and my colleagues at the last er er er at the last last er last meeting was to indicate a higher level of fire cover within the Service that Councillor wanted and the Committees supported the view that we should have a higher level subject to further discussions of the fire of the fire . |
4 | The appointment ended three weeks of political uncertainty during which Sheikh Hasina Wajed , leader of the second-largest party , the Awami League , challenged Begum Zia to demonstrate her majority at the first session of the newly elected Jatiya Sangsad ( National Assembly ) , scheduled for April 5 . |
5 | Ms Hoey , who strengthened her majority at the last general election in Vauxhall , which she first won at a by-election , has also caused a stir over Northern Ireland policy . |
6 | With a hopeless shrug of resignation she hurriedly put on a slim linen dress , which she had only thrown into her case at the last minute . |
7 | Thresher insiders believe the company changed its decision at the last minute after TODAY 's revelations yesterday . |
8 | Perhaps this was what those few loud-mouthed rabbit-eyed creatures who dropped their bombs at the first flak and then came back and talked about the target area had felt like . |
9 | Once again hardware and software developers will be testing the portability and interoperability of their technologies at the eighth Connectathon event which SunSoft Inc is staging at between July 22–30 at the San Jose Convention centre in California . |
10 | WALES , the Soviet Union and West Germany are three new nations making their debut at the 15th Hong Kong Sevens , to be staged from 31 March to 1 April next year . |
11 | Julia , who called off their wedding at the last minute a year ago , was recently in Ireland with new lover Jason Patric . |
12 | EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes and companion Dr Michael Stroud were almost halfway to the South Pole yesterday in their attempt at the first unaided crossing of Antarctica . |
13 | ‘ Oh , she changed her mind at the last moment . |
14 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
15 | It 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind at the last minute . |
16 | Six Welsh officials and 10 players made the trip , many changing their mind at the last minute . |
17 | She lost her nerve at the last minute . |
18 | In between driving lessons — she passed her test at the second attempt she was much in demand as a babysitter by her sisters ' married friends while Sarah used her to make up numbers at her frequent dinner parties . |
19 | She spent £3,000 on driving lessons over four years before passing her test at the 29th attempt . |
20 | But the putt she will take rather longer to forget was her seven-footer at the sixth . |
21 | Realising its error at the last minute , the magazine just managed to insert a back-page acknowledgement of its gaffe but not to correct the offending caption . |
22 | Most Christians would claim that the celebration of the Eucharist is one of the most important moments within Christianity , both in its beginnings at the Last Supper and in the life of the Church today . |
23 | But her pulses had started their racing , her heart its pounding at the first sight of him , her stomach lurching , as it always did , clean over and then , for hours afterwards , refusing to be still . |
24 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
25 | So the pro-am gathering ends with a collection of 18-handicap amateurs discussing the only subject that interests them — their birdie at the 9th . |
26 | Still , he 's a married man , and his wife is in her seventh month , from what I hear : that 's why she had to send her apologies at the last moment … |
27 | Helynsar ran well in the later stages of her race at the last meeting when Treat Me Good scored and she may be worth following against a moderate lot in the Moira Novices Chase . |
28 | For very form 's sake , and because , after all , Stair was his brother , he had stayed with the party through one act of a musical comedy at the Gaiety Theatre where they had made so much noise that their departure at the first interval must have pleased the audience which they had left behind , had gone to Quaggers — Quaglino 's — to dine — which meant drink — in a private room , and were now on their way to crown their evening 's pleasure by ‘ Pushing the boat out for Havvie ’ , Stair 's witticism . |
29 | All this , one may presume further , was supposed to supply the missing will and determination of the indigenous people and just in case the French might be feeling a little faint-hearted at the prospect , the US should immediately reconsider its policy at the first sign that the French were planning to give up or even if they planned to take the problem to the UN . |
30 | The workers made their comments at the tenth anniversary conference of the Association of Black Social Workers and Allied Professions held last week in London . |