Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you saw someone you knew and you shouted out to them , you were in dead trouble , even if you shouted hello , or if you asked someone at the next table for a cigarette . |
| 2 | They ca n't gazump you at the last minute cos it makes |
| 3 | She was about to say so , in no uncertain terms , but stopped herself at the last moment . |
| 4 | ‘ It reminds me of my dear father one day at Sandwich , ’ she was saying , ‘ when we were picnicking on the sands and we had arranged to meet him at the nineteenth hole . |
| 5 | Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt . |
| 6 | At the speed the train is going , I will catch it at the next station . |
| 7 | I was gon na catch it at the next stop . |
| 8 | I think it would be nice , and then we could actually discuss it at the next planning meeting which I presume , which is the twentieth |
| 9 | Er if there were holes in the information or whether really whatever board members feel and erm we can consider it at the next meeting . |
| 10 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 11 | I can not chuck them at the last minute . |
| 12 | Harvey was there in a red-coat uniform , smiling and doing his neat little dances and pretending to drop plates and saving them at the last minute , and the girls were saying ‘ Ooo ’ and slyly studying each other 's hairdos and shoes . |
| 13 | He made a birdie at the next , but just missed one at the last and lost by a shot . |
| 14 | Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment . |
| 15 | We see a dancer at a rave , film him later that week , and project him at the next rave . ’ |
| 16 | Taping rehearsals also reduces the likelihood of arguments about who played what at the last rehearsal . |
| 17 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 18 | At rest the cricket looks like a dead leaf , but it transforms itself at the last moment . |
| 19 | One of his compulsive gambits was to challenge everyone at the first meeting . |
| 20 | We 'll see you at the next coaches ' meeting . ’ |
| 21 | Dana had not appeared for the promised fitting or for the rehearsal , excusing herself at the last minute because Roman had wanted her for alterations to one of the outfits she was to wear . |
| 22 | ‘ It was quite usual for me to take on this sort of job but it was n't usual for him to make an appointment for me and only tell me at the last minute , especially when it meant working after hours . |
| 23 | If rail travel gets worse before it gets better , voters may dump them at the next general election . |
| 24 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 25 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 26 | Fifty people ( the other thirty had disengaged themselves at the first mention of Dickens ) were now taking tea in the gardens of the Albion Hotel under the shelter of parasols . |
| 27 | One of the great regrets , I am sure , of all hon. Members is that because the hon. Gentleman has chosen to leave us at the next election he will never have the opportunity to be a junior Minister . |
| 28 | Whatever the General may consider best , I will destroy you at the first available opportunity . ’ |
| 29 | Ideally we should launch it at the 40th Anniversary Celebrations and hold the Draw at the Annual Reunion in November . |
| 30 | We came very close to doing it at the last election . |