Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The plan was called off at the last moment . |
| 32 | His trousers bunch round his ankles again , then catch round his boots and disappear over the edge of the chimney , kicking up at the last moment and hitting the grating ; the branch slips and the grating slams down . |
| 33 | Uncle Ernie was apparently not finished when crashing out at the last fence , and at the line Remittance Man had only seven lengths to spare over handicapper Emsee-H . |
| 34 | They could perhaps find a replacement make-up artist , though that would prove difficult at such short notice , but someone coming in at the last moment would find it hard to cope with the unusual styles , and the actors would be having problems enough dealing with first-night nerves without having to face any added strain . |
| 35 | Mostly , crises arise when a guest pulls out at the last minute and we 're urgently looking for a replacement — sometimes we 've had just a matter of hours . |
| 36 | Mrs McIntosh , she knew , had had a young man who pulled out at the last minute ; she might take him in . |
| 37 | In the event Lin and Chiang pulled out at the last moment , prompting speculation that Lee had made a deal with the conservatives over the reform programme or over Cabinet posts . |
| 38 | They were all sitting there staring at me and Monsieur de Levantiére said , ‘ This is Constance , who has kindly stepped in at the last moment . ’ |
| 39 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 40 | She nearly dropped the mug but her brain took over at the last instant . |
| 41 | Boss David McErlain blames poor summer business and a vital sell-off deal that fell through at the last minute for this latest crisis . |
| 42 | The interview fell through at the last minute … |
| 43 | But it all fell through at the last moment . |
| 44 | Elizabeth , knowing her mother was a bad sailor , cried off at the last moment , claiming she was tired — she was surprised at the laughter that raised — and as she expected , her mother took the chance to stay behind with her . |
| 45 | City : O & Y pays up at the last minute |
| 46 | Someone had had to drop out at the last minute and there was an unexpected vacancy to be filled . |
| 47 | WHAT do you do when the date and time of your official opening has been set , the invitations sent out and your guest of honour has to drop out at the last minute due to matters of national importance ? |
| 48 | Would he back out at the last moment ? |
| 49 | But the task of clearing hundreds of tips was too much for them to take on at the last minute . |
| 50 | It would take ages , and then someone like Willy Carson would pull out at the last minute . |
| 51 | BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid . |
| 52 | Mr Clark , 64 , who stood down at the last election , had assured him that he had not advised companies to conceal military use when preparing export licence applications . |
| 53 | Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more . |
| 54 | Yes , it 's disappointing , but when someone comes in at the last minute then the adrenalin flows and you can have a very lively show . |
| 55 | He would probably slip in at the last minute , just as a matter of duty . |
| 56 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |
| 57 | ‘ I got held up at the last minute . ’ |
| 58 | The Chicago discussions were attended by fifty-one countries , many of which were still under German or Japanese occupation , so the proceedings were dominated by the USA , Britain , and the Commonwealth ( the USSR backed out at the last minute ) . |
| 59 | But , just as at Lani 's , I backed out at the last minute . |
| 60 | I thought he must have stood me up … backed out at the last minute … |