Example sentences of "at the [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was still level par for the round after leaving the 12th green but then had his second successive eagle at the 13th with a five-iron to 15 feet . |
| 2 | Ridden by Peter Scudamore , Nigel Twiston-Davies 's seven-year-old took over from the ill-fated Combermere at the 13th of the 27 fences and , staying on strongly approaching the last , drew clear of the top-weight Dalkey Sound to record an impressive eight-length victory . |
| 3 | He took the finest of lines round the trees at the 13th before hitting the green with a perfectly struck long iron for his four and then was in luck at the 14th . |
| 4 | ‘ You can see that the plant account has been ruled off at the thirty-first of March 1894 . |
| 5 | At the second of these meetings Attlee stressed that the strategic arguments about the Middle East were not valid because no country would be willing to grant bases for military action , and all Britain would achieve would be to pose a needless and pointless threat to the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | That the question is not an idle one can be seen if one looks a little more closely at the second of our two examples . |
| 7 | WITH the count-down to the US Masters at Augusta having begun , maybe no single shot on the European Tour this year will have interested the Scottish golfing fraternity more than Colin Montgomerie 's drive at the 72nd in the Johnnie Walker Classic in Singapore . |
| 8 | Now if we look at the first of these in terms of structure we can see that it can be defined as a dramatic exercise , fulfilling the principal requisite of exercise as outlined in Chapter Three — a commitment to a short-term task . |
| 9 | In looking at the first of these it must be recognized that no map , however detailed or carefully compiled , can perfectly represent the ‘ ground truth ’ , while in the second instance , the digitizing process merely serves to compound the errors present in the original map ( Poiker 1982 ; Blakemore 1984 ) . |
| 10 | There were ecstatic and emotional scenes at the first of NME 's ‘ Viva Eight ’ gigs in conjunction with the Spastics Society at London 's Town & Country Club on Tuesday night , when headliner Nick Cave assembled the surviving members of his legendary former line-up for a short set that comprised the classics ‘ Dead Joe ’ , ‘ Wild World ’ and ‘ Nick The Stripper ’ . |
| 11 | The shock reformation followed an earlier treat for the capacity crowd at the first of eight shows celebrating 40 years of NME and benefiting the Spastics Society , when a ‘ rumpled ’ Shane MacGowan joined Cave onstage for a duet on Louis Armstrong 's ‘ Wonderful World ’ . |
| 12 | Then I laughed at the first of Danny Kelly 's many amusing jokes , met The World 's Greatest Rock Photographer , realised there was no NME clique , and knew I 'd found my spiritual home . |
| 13 | At the first of these , Nikolai Gubyenko presided at a banquet for ex-colleagues from his former Ministry and the actors who at present occupy the building . |
| 14 | At the first of these , according to Henry Sherek , he announced to the actors ( among whom were Alec Guinness and Irene Worth ) , " I will now read the play to you to show how I want my lines spoken " : as a poet , he did not want his own " voice " to be lost . |
| 15 | At the first of the smaller channels she turned and began to ease herself down the shallow bank , grunting , her face set against the pain she was causing herself . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , ’ said Donna , pointing at the first of the fuzzy figures . |
| 17 | The McCaw wit is as sharp as his memory and , to nobody 's surprise , George was asked to say a few words at the first of many parties to mark Lurgan 's Centenary . |
| 18 | They had nearly arrived at the first of the longhouses scattered over the hillside , belonging to the families who stayed in Orphir all the year round and cared for the land and the hall on behalf of the Earl . |
| 19 | This was forcibly brought home to Churchill at the first of the conferences attended by Stalin as well as Roosevelt . |
| 20 | Certainly we employ thirteen thousand , seven hundred and ninety-one staff as at the first of October . |
| 21 | Senior international Vicki Horner ( Newburn ) and Esso England youth squad member Laura Jackson ( Derwentside ) defend two titles in one event at the first of this year 's six Northumberland and Durham championship galas at Bishop Auckland on Saturday ( 2 and 5.45pm ) when there are 20 titles up for grabs . |
| 22 | At the first of last week however , I did n't have a copy of the for the data processing forms out of D P . |
| 23 | 2.05:TOP weight Bradbury Star , who fell at the first in this race last year , has an excellent chance to gain compensation . |
| 24 | He did really well as a novice a year ago in some top class races in Ireland and , although he fell at the seventh in last year 's Gold Cup , he should be a more mature horse and a better jumper this season . |
| 25 | He unseated his rider once and fell at the 7th in the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 26 | Example 39 is a canon by inversion at the 7th from Bach 's Musical Offering in which the ‘ royal theme ’ is filled out with additional notes of a chromatic nature : |
| 27 | He achieved the feat at the 15th at Goswick Golf Club near Berwick , George retired when Manager of Berwick-upon-Tweed Branch . |
| 28 | Indeed , neither team was to prove a serious contender for the title with Jay Sigel , who played in the singles match against Jim Milligan , going the furthest — being knocked out at the 19th in the quarter-finals . |
| 29 | Wilkinson also had problems at the 17th with a six , but then birded the 18th for a level par 72 to finish three shots clear of the rest of the field . |
| 30 | In the afternoon we 're on the Palmer charge and believe it or not he hits his tee-shot at the 17th to exactly the same spot again , and turns to me and says , ‘ Before you say anything , Tip , do n't tell me it 's a 6-iron . ’ |