Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill reported at the first general meeting that Lord Hamilton and Sir William Birt of the GER Co. had promised to help the Alliance in ‘ every way they could ’ ( SE 14 October 1899 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ YOUR HORSE FELL AT THE FIFTH . |
| 3 | In fact , Hainer Bastian see this exhibition as completing the vision of Picasso presented at the last great retrospective in New York twelve years ago , when the focus was on his Cubist , surrealist and classical phases . |
| 4 | The world No 1 's five-shot overnight lead was ripped apart by Australia 's Great White Shark , who fumbled a 3ft putt on the last green before Faldo won at the first extra hole . |
| 5 | Others saw the action in a more defensive light : as Brezhnev explained at the 26th Party Congress in 1981 , the situation in Afghanistan posed a ‘ direct threat to the security of [ the Soviet ] southern frontier ’ , and it was certainly true that an unstable , possibly militant Islamic government in a state immediately adjoining the USSR 's southern borders might have quite serious implications for public order in the traditionally Muslim republics of Central Asia . |
| 6 | Meredith pointed at the third child , a pretty little girl with dark hair and an engaging , impish grin . |
| 7 | Reynolds looked at the first page of the notes . |
| 8 | But as one parent said at the last gathering : ‘ Why do we all have to be so matey ? ’ |
| 9 | Another birdie came at the third as he holed from 15 feet , up then down hill , beyond the pin . |
| 10 | Faced with the progressive disintegration of the SED-PDS , Modrow called at the ninth round table meeting on Jan. 22 for immediate talks on a grand coalition . |
| 11 | Nearly a third of the principal carers complained at the first interview about the adverse effects of looking after the dementia sufferer upon their own physical or mental health . |
| 12 | They watched with detachment , and even with satisfaction , as the Masai began at the eleventh hour to organize themselves to resist what they feared would be the encroachment of agricultural peoples on their land , not as traditional appendages of the Masai way of life , but as conquerors armed with all the power of the modern state . |
| 13 | Spence began at the tenth , going out in 34 , and played the inward half with all the precision required in the swirling wind . |
| 14 | She was supported by seven of the eight parties which had agreed to form a coalition Cabinet , although the Centre Alliance withdrew at the last minute . |
| 15 | The joint favourite Mr Michael Buckley 's The Proclamation fell at the fourth fence , which was a nasty blow to his many supporters and he had been heavily backed . |
| 16 | There was one who told his wife , ‘ The reason I 'm late is that Harry died at the third hole , so we had to go all the way round the other fifteen holes on the course , dragging Harry . ’ |
| 17 | Honeybeer Mead fell at the seventh , where Omerta was pulled up because jockey Lorcan Wyer feared he had broken down . |
| 18 | Do not necessarily try to get DCs agreed at the first attempt . |
| 19 | The crunch game came at the second hurdle when Sudbury toppled the mighty London Welsh at Moorsfield , after which they have gone from strength to strength , bolstered by a refreshing brand of running rugby . |
| 20 | Like Gronberg , she had only one bogey and her two remaining birdies came at the 10th and 18th holes . |
| 21 | She also knew that some of her preferences were base in the extreme , and that her affection for Peter de Salis sprang at the first most ignobly from his delightful name . |
| 22 | Erm Mary indicated at the last executive that she wants to retire from C H C and she would like Pauline to take her place , have you an nomina , a nominee from here ? |
| 23 | Sighing , Jack glanced at the first sheet . |
| 24 | Gabriel knocked at the second brother 's door and asked for a drink of milk . |
| 25 | Although the government placed ‘ the political and economic backbone of the Republic in heavy industry and in transport ’ , Trotsky observed at the Twelfth Party Congress that they actually formed the rearguard . |
| 26 | He is confident he will gain the 6pc swing needed to secure the seat and says a Labour victory will ‘ finish off ’ what his colleague started at the last election in 1987 . |
| 27 | Tal flew at the second , claws wide , beak stabbing . |
| 28 | But the 11-year-old pointer was lucky that odds-on favourite Ocean Link fell at the first , bringing down another fancied runner Material Girl . |
| 29 | Moor Scope battled on gamely to retake the lead from Impy Condor on the flat in the Confined and Farmer Tom was always going like a winner in the Restricted race , in which Alner and even-money favourite Baron Bob crashed at the second fence . |
| 30 | Burton arrived at the first rehearsal word-perfect and with the part already sewn on him like a skin . |