Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 2 | I can change my mind at the last minute if I think the thing is n't watertight . ’ |
| 3 | The position that was presented by myself and my colleagues at the last er er er at the last last er last meeting was to indicate a higher level of fire cover within the Service that Councillor wanted and the Committees supported the view that we should have a higher level subject to further discussions of the fire of the fire . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | With a hopeless shrug of resignation she hurriedly put on a slim linen dress , which she had only thrown into her case at the last minute . |
| 6 | Thresher insiders believe the company changed its decision at the last minute after TODAY 's revelations yesterday . |
| 7 | Julia , who called off their wedding at the last minute a year ago , was recently in Ireland with new lover Jason Patric . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , she changed her mind at the last moment . |
| 9 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 10 | It 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind at the last minute . |
| 11 | Six Welsh officials and 10 players made the trip , many changing their mind at the last minute . |
| 12 | She lost her nerve at the last minute . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Most Christians would claim that the celebration of the Eucharist is one of the most important moments within Christianity , both in its beginnings at the Last Supper and in the life of the Church today . |
| 15 | Still , he 's a married man , and his wife is in her seventh month , from what I hear : that 's why she had to send her apologies at the last moment … |
| 16 | Helynsar ran well in the later stages of her race at the last meeting when Treat Me Good scored and she may be worth following against a moderate lot in the Moira Novices Chase . |
| 17 | The bird jumps from its nest at the last minute and runs off making a special squeaking call . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd , speaking on BBC 's The World This Weekend , said : ‘ On past form a great many members are looking to make up their minds at the last moment . |
| 20 | Out of the contemporary turmoil of Hindu tradition Rabindranath Tagore wrote of the same mysterious sources of renewal : I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power — that the path before me was closed , that provisions were exhausted and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Tony asked , suspecting that Freddie had lost his nerve at the last minute . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Once a boy was almost carted away but the Headmaster changed his mind at the last moment . |
| 25 | She was nervous that he might change his mind at the last minute , but he did not do so . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He had deliberately withdrawn his insistence at the last minute , Belinda realised now , so that her decision came freely . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Said that urgent business had cropped up and tried to cancel his appearance at the last minute . ’ |