Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 2 | Thresher insiders believe the company changed its decision at the last minute after TODAY 's revelations yesterday . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , she changed her mind at the last moment . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Paul 's unease on the back nine was critical , and there were other points : Nick changed his putter at the last minute . |
| 7 | Once a boy was almost carted away but the Headmaster changed his mind at the last moment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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the Indonesian capital Jakarta would host the 10th summit of the movement 's heads of state in 1992 , Nicaragua having withdrawn its application at the last moment . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She lost her nerve at the last minute . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I can change my mind at the last minute if I think the thing is n't watertight . ’ |
| 16 | It 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind at the last minute . |
| 17 | She was nervous that he might change his mind at the last minute , but he did not do so . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | May I express our disappointment at the last minute postponement of the carefully planned visit of Anne-Marie de Jonghe to Wales . |
| 20 | Said that urgent business had cropped up and tried to cancel his appearance at the last minute . ’ |
| 21 | He had deliberately withdrawn his insistence at the last minute , Belinda realised now , so that her decision came freely . |
| 22 | Six Welsh officials and 10 players made the trip , many changing their mind at the last minute . |
| 23 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Tony asked , suspecting that Freddie had lost his nerve at the last minute . |
| 26 | Read it first and keep it in this file ready to refresh your memory at the last moment ; |