Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ca n't gazump you at the last minute cos it makes |
| 2 | She was about to say so , in no uncertain terms , but stopped herself at the last moment . |
| 3 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 4 | I can not chuck them at the last minute . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He made a birdie at the next , but just missed one at the last and lost by a shot . |
| 7 | Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment . |
| 8 | Taping rehearsals also reduces the likelihood of arguments about who played what at the last rehearsal . |
| 9 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 10 | At rest the cricket looks like a dead leaf , but it transforms itself at the last moment . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We came very close to doing it at the last election . |
| 15 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 16 | Begin what seems to be a front kick , then change it at the last moment into a high roundhouse kick . |
| 17 | DEC president Bob Palmer , who was supposed to grace this week 's gathering with his presence — see front page — absented himself at the last minute . |
| 18 | He was almost on the point of signing before his better judgement saved him at the last moment from the emetic flower-child rompings of this 1972 Paramount flop . |
| 19 | We thank Raymond and his bride Koti for not cancelling us at the last minute , and allowing BBC Good Food to share in their excitement . |
| 20 | Too close and you get swept over the edge except that they usually have some sort of wire-mesh barrier to stop you at the last moment . |
| 21 | My fortune was denied you at the last , and that was the spur . |
| 22 | This belief , though not taught in the Old Testament , was widely held in the Jewish constituency among whom Paul worked : it is widely believed today that if only you try hard and do your best , God will accept you at the last . |
| 23 | Miss Coldharbour had recruited her at the last moment to help serve supper for Canon Wheeler 's guests who included the Bishop and the Earl of Medewich and Markham . |