Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 2 | I can change my mind at the last minute if I think the thing is n't watertight . ’ |
| 3 | The appointment ended three weeks of political uncertainty during which Sheikh Hasina Wajed , leader of the second-largest party , the Awami League , challenged Begum Zia to demonstrate her majority at the first session of the newly elected Jatiya Sangsad ( National Assembly ) , scheduled for April 5 . |
| 4 | Ms Hoey , who strengthened her majority at the last general election in Vauxhall , which she first won at a by-election , has also caused a stir over Northern Ireland policy . |
| 5 | With a hopeless shrug of resignation she hurriedly put on a slim linen dress , which she had only thrown into her case at the last minute . |
| 6 | Thresher insiders believe the company changed its decision at the last minute after TODAY 's revelations yesterday . |
| 7 | WALES , the Soviet Union and West Germany are three new nations making their debut at the 15th Hong Kong Sevens , to be staged from 31 March to 1 April next year . |
| 8 | Julia , who called off their wedding at the last minute a year ago , was recently in Ireland with new lover Jason Patric . |
| 9 | EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes and companion Dr Michael Stroud were almost halfway to the South Pole yesterday in their attempt at the first unaided crossing of Antarctica . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , she changed her mind at the last moment . |
| 11 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 12 | It 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind at the last minute . |
| 13 | Six Welsh officials and 10 players made the trip , many changing their mind at the last minute . |
| 14 | She lost her nerve at the last minute . |
| 15 | In between driving lessons — she passed her test at the second attempt she was much in demand as a babysitter by her sisters ' married friends while Sarah used her to make up numbers at her frequent dinner parties . |
| 16 | She spent £3,000 on driving lessons over four years before passing her test at the 29th attempt . |
| 17 | But the putt she will take rather longer to forget was her seven-footer at the sixth . |
| 18 | Realising its error at the last minute , the magazine just managed to insert a back-page acknowledgement of its gaffe but not to correct the offending caption . |
| 19 | But her pulses had started their racing , her heart its pounding at the first sight of him , her stomach lurching , as it always did , clean over and then , for hours afterwards , refusing to be still . |
| 20 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
| 21 | So the pro-am gathering ends with a collection of 18-handicap amateurs discussing the only subject that interests them — their birdie at the 9th . |
| 22 | Helynsar ran well in the later stages of her race at the last meeting when Treat Me Good scored and she may be worth following against a moderate lot in the Moira Novices Chase . |
| 23 | For very form 's sake , and because , after all , Stair was his brother , he had stayed with the party through one act of a musical comedy at the Gaiety Theatre where they had made so much noise that their departure at the first interval must have pleased the audience which they had left behind , had gone to Quaggers — Quaglino 's — to dine — which meant drink — in a private room , and were now on their way to crown their evening 's pleasure by ‘ Pushing the boat out for Havvie ’ , Stair 's witticism . |
| 24 | All this , one may presume further , was supposed to supply the missing will and determination of the indigenous people and just in case the French might be feeling a little faint-hearted at the prospect , the US should immediately reconsider its policy at the first sign that the French were planning to give up or even if they planned to take the problem to the UN . |
| 25 | The bird jumps from its nest at the last minute and runs off making a special squeaking call . |
| 26 | Indonesia was elected to chair the NAM for the period from 1992 to 1995 , and it was announced on Sept. 22 that the Indonesian capital Jakarta would host the 10th summit of the movement 's heads of state in 1992 , Nicaragua having withdrawn its application at the last moment . |
| 27 | He leaned across with the bottle , and she realised that she 'd almost drained her glass at the first attack . |
| 28 | Out of the contemporary turmoil of Hindu tradition Rabindranath Tagore wrote of the same mysterious sources of renewal : I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power — that the path before me was closed , that provisions were exhausted and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity . |
| 29 | At the [ material ] time the plaintiff had come from the back door of the house and had walked diagonally across the first concrete area ; she was intending to go and have a chat with her neighbour at the next house . |
| 30 | But she cancelled her trip at the 11th hour as she had ‘ a problem at home . ’ |