Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Thresher insiders believe the company changed its decision at the last minute after TODAY 's revelations yesterday . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , she changed her mind at the last moment . |
| 5 | THE former chairman of the GLC 's Police Committee and member of Ken Livingstone 's municipal revolutionary guard , Boateng , 40 , has risen rapidly since gaining his seat at the last election . |
| 6 | The appellant was anxious for the matter to be dealt with in the magistrates ' court , but his accomplice elected to be tried in the Crown Court , but changed his plea at the last minute . |
| 7 | Paul 's unease on the back nine was critical , and there were other points : Nick changed his putter at the last minute . |
| 8 | Once a boy was almost carted away but the Headmaster changed his mind at the last moment . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He leaned across with the bottle , and she realised that she 'd almost drained her glass at the first attack . |
| 11 | 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the Indonesian capital Jakarta would host the 10th summit of the movement 's heads of state in 1992 , Nicaragua having withdrawn its application at the last moment . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She spent £3,000 on driving lessons over four years before passing her test at the 29th attempt . |
| 14 | Macdonald tried unsuccessfully to find a magistrate to receive his oath at the last minute , then sent his papers to Edinburgh , where Secretary of State and Master of Stair Sir John Dalrymple suppressed them . |
| 15 | QUICK OPINION * , who failed by the narrowest margin to open his account at the fifth attempt when a short-priced favourite at Nottingham , may make amends in the Fairview New Homes Novice Chase ( 2.30 ) at Ascot , writes Course Correspondent . |
| 16 | The seventy five year old bachelor had finally got his girl at the second time of asking years He 'd waited half a century for this kiss with his new bride Rose , and he still could n't believe his luck . |
| 17 | Jovic formally withdrew his resignation at the next meeting of the Federal Presidency on March 21 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I remember his determination at the first exploratory meeting in the upstairs room of a small pub off Victoria Street in London . |
| 20 | Can I can I say before I do launch into the amendment to Mr that you have played your card at the last election and the Leicestershire public has resoundedly given their answer to your particular policies . |
| 21 | She lost her nerve at the last minute . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He sat in the 1835–7 Parliament as member for Harwich and assistant whip , losing his seat at the next general election . |
| 24 | His personal score stood at seven which made him an ace and then came that morning of ferocious winds and driving snow when he 'd come in at four hundred feet , flying blind , lost his engine at the last moment and crash-landed . |
| 25 | I can change my mind at the last minute if I think the thing is n't watertight . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind at the last minute . |
| 28 | She was nervous that he might change his mind at the last minute , but he did not do so . |
| 29 | We 're both Aquarian dreamers and have always been able to be ‘ alone ’ together , or step easily into imagination games , and Max — like me — has a fairy godmother who always seems to save his neck at the last minute . |
| 30 | May I express our disappointment at the last minute postponement of the carefully planned visit of Anne-Marie de Jonghe to Wales . |