Example sentences of "the [noun] at the [num ord] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oddly enough , I would have thought it was the decision of the Financial Times to support Labour which swung many people behind the Conservatives at the last moment . |
| 2 | International javelin thrower Nigel Bevan had to withdraw from the championships at the last moment with a foot injury sustained in training at the end of last week . |
| 3 | ‘ We found the building we wanted but when the owner found out it was us he upped the price at the last moment . |
| 4 | Murgatroyd wanted to change the basis of the launch at the last moment : he had the idea of claiming that he had found instructions for making the snacks in a recipe book compiled by his great-grandmother . |
| 5 | Plans for an historic ban on mining in the Antarctic were shattered by the US refusing to sign the treaty at the last moment . |
| 6 | I found that so many new people had come into the scheme at the last moment that I was now four from the end . |
| 7 | Once he nearly caught it but someone pushed him out of the way at the last moment . |
| 8 | Twice she 'd begun to tell Marlin about the meeting in and outside Bloomingdales ; twice she 'd re-channelled the conversation at the last moment , unable to face his benign condescension . |