Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] at the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The simple end-product arrives only at the fifth attempt .
2 He spins round at the third barrel .
3 Every sentence begins ‘ The whole point is this , ’ proceeds doggedly towards the target , then veers off at the last moment and explodes harmlessly in the undergrowth .
4 The strong relationship between syntactic category and coverage exists only at the first level of information .
5 ‘ Most people who use the train regularly know everyone who gets on at the first few stops .
6 When calculating the mutual inductance we assumed that the magnetic field due to I1 appears instantaneously at the second ring .
7 Mostly , crises arise when a guest pulls out at the last minute and we 're urgently looking for a replacement — sometimes we 've had just a matter of hours .
8 In the Arab World and East & South East Asia & Oceania regions , infant mortality at the two birth order groups is about the same , so that the minimum falls probably at the third or fourth birth order .
9 City : O & Y pays up at the last minute
10 Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more .
11 Yes , it 's disappointing , but when someone comes in at the last minute then the adrenalin flows and you can have a very lively show .
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