Example sentences of "his [noun] at the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Tony asked , suspecting that Freddie had lost his nerve at the last minute . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She was nervous that he might change his mind at the last minute , but he did not do so . |
| 5 | All the techniques in taekwondo are flexible and allow the practitioner to change his mind at the last minute as to which block or punch will provide him with the best defence or counter-attack . |
| 6 | Once a boy was almost carted away but the Headmaster changed his mind at the last moment . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He had deliberately withdrawn his insistence at the last minute , Belinda realised now , so that her decision came freely . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Said that urgent business had cropped up and tried to cancel his appearance at the last minute . ’ |
| 11 | Paul 's unease on the back nine was critical , and there were other points : Nick changed his putter at the last minute . |
| 12 | Councillor Bookbinder was his opponent at the last election , if I am not mistaken , and I am sure that he at least doubled my hon. Friend 's majority . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Her father , another member of the Parliamentary class of ‘ 64 , was NW Durham 's Labour MP until succeeded by his daughter at the last election . |
| 15 | His aunt and uncle promised to be witnesses , but were dissuaded by his mother at the last moment . |