Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Many simply went in and out of the factory without showing any emotion at all , relieved that weeks of uncertainty had at last come to an end .
2 RIVAS OF BLOOD STEMMED AT LAST
3 Gray , who wrote in Saturday 's match programme that morale at the club was good , thought a lack of confidence contributed to last Saturday 's dismal performance .
4 The centre of gravity had at last moved away from Berwick .
5 In October 1339 the king sent Archbishop Stratford and the bishop of Durham back to England to expound his urgent needs and to extract the necessary funds , but the commons in parliament insisted on first consulting their constituencies .
6 The sudden collapse in sterling came despite last week 's 1-point rise in base rates to 15 per cent , intended to defuse the selling pressure and reinforce the Government 's battle against inflation .
7 Though each of the others vanished and reappeared like fragments floating round a pool , Pipkin never left him ; and his need for encouragement became at last Hazel 's only support against his own weariness .
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