Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 've planted a seed and we either get introductions there and then or we 've paved the way to the pick them up at the second appointment . |
| 2 | Put them together at the last possible moment and cover with a damp tea towel until you serve them . |
| 3 | ‘ You let me out at the next corner . |
| 4 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 5 | And he blames AC Scotland for the sabotaging of his plans to raise a second round of finance by stockbrokers in Europe who let him down at the last minute . |
| 6 | We agreed to set it up at the last meeting . |
| 7 | I 've got it I 've got it at home I can bring it in at the next meeting or whatever . |
| 8 | He opened it up at the last minute , came flying over and it was a terrific shot . |
| 9 | I 'll drop you off at the first station we come to . ’ |
| 10 | There were seven of us sharing the place , the Carters ' eldest son and his girlfriend having invited themselves along at the last moment , and their movements were completely unpredictable . |
| 11 | ‘ If you could just drop us off at the first five-star hotel you come to . ’ |
| 12 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
| 13 | He nearly rang Fred up , but he would be seeing him tomorrow at the first night . |
| 14 | We met Audrey and Margaret on the way , and we saw them again at the next stop , Motueka , 60 miles to the north . |
| 15 | Up to then he had never been in front — he was three down with 11 holes to play — but he went one up at the 17th the second time around . |
| 16 | Self-delusion could easily once again cloud the judgment of the shadow cabinet and Labour could go it alone at the next election , perhaps with the same misplaced confidence in a ‘ safety first ’ stance that will deliver success if the dangers inherent in new initiatives are avoided and new ideas anathemised . |
| 17 | Baltic representatives , for instance , associated themselves closely at the 19th Party Conference with the call for ‘ regional khozraschet' or in practice for republican self-sufficiency . |
| 18 | He says well I , we were on about sort of and he says bring it up at the next meeting , I says |
| 19 | But I have a feeling it might be easier to mull it over at the next meeting . |
| 20 | I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date . |
| 21 | I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni . |
| 22 | I would have liked to have heard it again at the second service but Dad made us hurry home . |
| 23 | So I 'll pick them up at the next brief . |
| 24 | If your marriage is on the rocks , the thing to do is throw a wobbly on a motorway at night so that your husband will put you out at the next lay-by . |
| 25 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 26 | Acceptance of the separate stages of rehearsal , drafting , revision , editing and publishing as normal practice for writers encourages children with special needs to express their ideas in writing more confidently than was possible when children were expected to get everything right at the first attempt . |
| 27 | If anybody put him off at the 17th it was me jumping up and down . |
| 28 | Canary Wharf , the tallest building in Europe , fails to shape itself adequately at the fiftieth storey and is dull as a consequence . |
| 29 | A WEAK US economy reflected itself strongly at the second Museum of Flight Auction at Santa Monica on October 5 & 6 . |
| 30 | In 1979 he voted for Margaret Thatcher , backing her again at the last election after a switch to the SDP in 1983 . |