Example sentences of "the [adj] [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The failure of the English to intervene at St Andrews , however , brought no general relief to the Scots . |
| 2 | It was always likely that this would happen again this year , given that the Walker Cup team were making history whereas Faldo , for all his brilliance , was the second Briton and the fourth European in the Eighties to win at Augusta . |
| 3 | This is the first to occur at Bullingdon . |
| 4 | It then compares the costs incurred for control samples with those of action sample clients , and finally examines the most important question as far as this project is concerned : whether those who were sustained at home with project support for six or l2 months after their referral to the psychogeriatrician cost more , less , or about the same to keep at home compared with the cost of institutional care ( taking into account the probability of their being in an institution were it not for the project support ) . |
| 5 | Finally we examine in detail those who were sustained at home with project support for six or l2 months after their referral to the psychogeriatrician , and ask whether they cost more , less , or about the same to keep at home compared with the cost of institutional care . |
| 6 | She was always the first to start work in the morning and the last to stop at night . |
| 7 | I was the last to leave at night . |
| 8 | She ‘ just misses ’ trains , turns up hours late for dates , makes sure we 're the last to arrive at parties , dawdles getting ready to go out , then tears around hysterically , taking her irritation with herself out on me . |