Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] at the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1	Put them together at the last possible moment and cover with a damp tea towel until you serve them .
2	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 .
3	He nearly rang Fred up , but he would be seeing him tomorrow at the first night .
4	We met Audrey and Margaret on the way , and we saw them again at the next stop , Motueka , 60 miles to the north .
5	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 .
6	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 .
7	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 .
8	I would have liked to have heard it again at the second service but Dad made us hurry home .
9	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 .
10	Canary Wharf , the tallest building in Europe , fails to shape itself adequately at the fiftieth storey and is dull as a consequence .
11	A WEAK US economy reflected itself strongly at the second Museum of Flight Auction at Santa Monica on October 5 & 6 .
12	In 1979 he voted for Margaret Thatcher , backing her again at the last election after a switch to the SDP in 1983 .

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