Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 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 shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 3 | I can not chuck them at the last minute . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment . |
| 6 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We came very close to doing it at the last election . |
| 10 | It had been uppermost in her mind to ask about Marc , but her courage failed her at the last . |
| 11 | Begin what seems to be a front kick , then change it at the last moment into a high roundhouse kick . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | My fortune was denied you at the last , and that was the spur . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |