Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We came very close to doing it at the last election . |
| 32 | I rang Prentice as I could n't think how to put it off any longer , and got him at the second number he 'd left . |
| 33 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 34 | She saw him at the first lecture , and thrilled at his cultured voice . |
| 35 | If I do n't pass it at the third time I 'm just gon na give up cos I 'm not failing more |
| 36 | All we we 've agreed that we 're going to need someone to control it at the next fair . |
| 37 | He proved how difficult this feat is by failing to repeat it at the second time of asking . |
| 38 | They would n't serve us at the first few joints we tried , which was n't surprising , because we came through the door yelling our head off , or trying to , in this faulty new voice of ours . |
| 39 | It is more difficult to know whether an animal goes through the experience of at one moment not being able to see a food item , but then being able to see it at the next . |
| 40 | Begin what seems to be a front kick , then change it at the last moment into a high roundhouse kick . |
| 41 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 42 | DEC president Bob Palmer , who was supposed to grace this week 's gathering with his presence — see front page — absented himself at the last minute . |
| 43 | Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages . |
| 44 | Saskia had thrown something at the third and hit it on the head . |
| 45 | He was almost on the point of signing before his better judgement saved him at the last moment from the emetic flower-child rompings of this 1972 Paramount flop . |
| 46 | As Tomsky put it at the Fifth Congress of Trade Unions on 2 October 1922 : ‘ Without the strengthening and support of transport there can be no construction of socialism . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ He gets us into this mess , then legs it at the first sniff of trouble ! ’ |
| 48 | And then if need be we 'll raise it at the next meeting . |
| 49 | We thank Raymond and his bride Koti for not cancelling us at the last minute , and allowing BBC Good Food to share in their excitement . |
| 50 | ‘ If they 're sensible they do and their daughters will know what it 's all about and wo n't throw themselves at the first lad who looks at them . |
| 51 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 52 | Too close and you get swept over the edge except that they usually have some sort of wire-mesh barrier to stop you at the last moment . |
| 53 | My fortune was denied you at the last , and that was the spur . |
| 54 | He touched a lump of rotting offal and , scooping it up , throwing it at the first assassin now tripping towards him . |
| 55 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 56 | This belief , though not taught in the Old Testament , was widely held in the Jewish constituency among whom Paul worked : it is widely believed today that if only you try hard and do your best , God will accept you at the last . |
| 57 | Cannon stole one at the sixth to go 5-1 up . |
| 58 | Miss Coldharbour had recruited her at the last moment to help serve supper for Canon Wheeler 's guests who included the Bishop and the Earl of Medewich and Markham . |