Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hun Sen initially refused to attend unless Sihanouk did , and only relented at the last moment . |
| 2 | Blaise Cendrars , the writer , saw Modigliani let fall a twenty-franc note one evening when a well-known pauper came in to sit at the next table . |
| 3 | To add to these impressions of an electorate in a constant state of flux there were other polls showing that many voters only decided at the last minute how to vote . |
| 4 | She had very nearly done a cordon bleu cookery course after she had left school , only deciding at the last minute to reinvest her time and money in the boutique instead . |
| 5 | As far as the hunger and satiety sensations ( Table ) were concerned , a significant difference was only observed at the sixth hour with hunger being significantly more marked under placebo than under psyllium ( 73 ( 6 ) v 54 ( 6 ) , p=0.05 ) and satiety more prolonged under psyllium than under placebo ( 44 ( 7 ) v 21 ( 6 ) , p=0.05 ) . |
| 6 | So he was far from impressed with having to take part in the entire build-up , only to learn at the last minute he would not play from the start . |
| 7 | For the rest , Friday turned out to be a bad day at Blackrock with Graham losing twice and McHugh and the Clarendon triple skipped by Mark Shannon all falling at the first hurdle . |
| 8 | Significantly no places within 10 miles of London were contacted about the convention and a delegation from the old Anti-Slavery Society was only suggested at the last moment . |
| 9 | The deeds which followed that , an exhausted , courageous Crisp just caught at the last , would have stirred any potential horseman 's heart . |
| 10 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 11 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 12 | All you 've got to do is concentrate on getting out quick and running your own thing , not looking at the next guy . |
| 13 | In Mark and Luke , the betrayer is not named at the Last Supper itself . |
| 14 | Examples of these are the Commission 's own proposals to extend privileges for unconvicted prisoners on remand to convicted prisoners awaiting sentence [ which will encourage early guilty pleas ] and the adjustment of legal aid fee scales to encourage more early preparatory work by counsel so that important decisions are not made at the last minute . |
| 15 | On pages 14 and 15 , see our lovely salmon and salad menu — it 's very quick to prepare , very light , and for that special touch , the salmon is served with an impressive hollandaise sauce : this is best made at the last minute , but it 's not difficult and well worth the effort . |
| 16 | It is best made at the last possible moment , although it can be kept warm for a short time in a bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
| 17 | Excellent so you 've already got percentages sorted out there , can we just look at the next block of words , and hello , hello , right , no , yeah well I , yes I I think it all went great , unfortunately erm , so I really ca n't really consider on , on that . |
| 18 | Just look at the first page . |
| 19 | She rubbed at her abused flesh , desperately grasping at the first straw to float into her mind . |
| 20 | Then more feet , the slam of a door , the surge of power as the Rover shot away to look at the next corner . |
| 21 | DENIS Winston Healey is having a certain amount of characteristically mischievous fun with journalists at the moment , on the question of whether he will or will not stand at the next election . |
| 22 | This is generally observed at the first meeting and to a somewhat lesser extent at subsequent meetings . |
| 23 | The returns for Lothingland and Mutford hundreds , Suffolk , permit a rare glimpse of the mechanics by which many assessments were revalued , under the heading ‘ The namys of those personys forgotyn and not charged at the last subsidie which are to be charged now ’ . |
| 24 | Searching may thus cease at the first level or spread down and out , through the analysis of the primitives or entity geometry , into a fine check of a region of local geometry . |
| 25 | If the diagnosis of pyloric stenosis is not confirmed at the first test feed the examination can be repeated or imaging performed . |
| 26 | Laburnum , just beaten at the last Kempton meeting after being off the course since April , was the big weekend gamble yesterday . |
| 27 | ‘ Best check at the next crossroads . |
| 28 | Robert whirled round on his mother , suspecting her of some collusion with the child , but , with the wistful fondness of a woman who has finished with childbearing , Mrs Wilson was still gazing at the Twenty-fourth Imam of the Wimbledon Dharjees . |
| 29 | Because there 's a constant risk of chest infection , antibiotics are usually given at the first sign of a temperature . |
| 30 | It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement . |