Example sentences of "[noun prp] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Meredith pointed at the third child , a pretty little girl with dark hair and an engaging , impish grin . |
| 6 | Reynolds looked at the first page of the notes . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Spence began at the tenth , going out in 34 , and played the inward half with all the precision required in the swirling wind . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Do not necessarily try to get DCs agreed at the first attempt . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | Sighing , Jack glanced at the first sheet . |
| 15 | Gabriel knocked at the second brother 's door and asked for a drink of milk . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Tal flew at the second , claws wide , beak stabbing . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Burton arrived at the first rehearsal word-perfect and with the part already sewn on him like a skin . |
| 20 | Karl paused at the first block and then started back , looking truly astonished . |
| 21 | Lord Ridley retired at the last election and took a peerage . |
| 22 | I personally led a vigorous campaign to get Niblet removed at the first opportunity . |
| 23 | Torrance won at the first extra hole , the 450-yards 18th , to collect £83,330 in prize money and go top of the European Money List . |
| 24 | Stearsby refused at the ninth and Rowlandson 's Jewels unseated Graham Bradley at 15th , The Chair . |
| 25 | Farnham took the lead just after the interval when Musgrove netted at the second attempt after a good save from the 'keeper . |
| 26 | Zoe pointed at the second name ‘ … was just a request for something for an allergic rash . |
| 27 | This disendowment of a loyal servant is reminiscent of Edward 's shabby treatment of John Neville in 1470 and had similar consequences : Neville rebelled at the first real opportunity and the Howards backed Gloucester in 1483 . |
| 28 | This disendowment of a loyal servant is reminiscent of Edward 's shabby treatment of John Neville in 1470 and had similar consequences : Neville rebelled at the first real opportunity and the Howards backed Gloucester in 1483 . |