Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next sustained discussion of nationality issues in fact took place at the 19th Party Conference in the summer of 1988 . |
| 2 | ( Luke : Luke records that the forecast of Peter 's denial took place at the Last Supper itself . |
| 3 | Well , the figures are there , it 's , it 's following the , the very substantial debate that took place at the last County Council meeting , on the issue of earnings within Shropshire , it 's to give the Committee a bit more detailed information about the position , and , and particularly I think , the position about female earnings in the County er , where we 're , we 're really at the bottom of , of the U K lists . |
| 4 | Your mother was a silly greedy girl — a gold-digger who wanted to marry above her station , but took fright at the last moment , without caring what hurt she bestowed . |
| 5 | Lynne voted Conservative at the last election and Labour in 1983 , but this time is uncommitted to any party . |
| 6 | Temperate species are slow to accept it ; those that de-hardened and resumed growth at the first sign of spring warming would suffer severe damage in subsequent frosts . |
| 7 | Four weeks of near stasis in voters ' attitudes apparently gave way at the last moment to a near avalanche . |