Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , that the , that we should support the principle , we agreed the principle at the last meeting , in support of the business link and satellite in Oswestry , that we should sup support the principle of supporting a business link satellite in Craven Arms , and that we should appoint a representative to the business links board . |
| 2 | And a new character joins the cast at the last minute — Eric Batson , a forceful campaigner and organiser who put new life into the Shaw Society . |
| 3 | Friends said that the couple , from Maesteg , Mid Glamorgan , booked the trip at the last minute . |
| 4 | ‘ We found the building we wanted but when the owner found out it was us he upped the price at the last moment . |
| 5 | She fried the chicken in some butter , put the vegetables on to boil , remembering the salt at the last minute , and was debating how to make a cheese sauce that bore some resemblance to those she had eaten in the past , when he walked in . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There had been plans to introduce a separate currency , in the form of Soviet roubles stamped with a letter " U " ( Ukraine ) for purchasing basic goods , but it was claimed that the Soviet authorities had thwarted the plans at the last minute , forcing the reintroduction of coupons instead . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're supposed to heat them up first , ’ said Sam , ‘ and add the cream at the last minute . ’ |
| 9 | When he touched her on her elbow to guide her inside she very nearly snatched her arm away , only controlling the impulse at the last minute . |
| 10 | Elliott saw the move at the last second . |
| 11 | She saw the German at the last possible moment . |
| 12 | Mr Smith took the constituency at the last election by a majority of little more than twelve hundred , but believes his five years as MP will make his seat safe . |
| 13 | Doubtless for those reasons Harvard banned the match at the last minute . |
| 14 | The Gibson Les Paul Junior guitars used to join the body at the last fret , giving a functional , but slightly neck-heavy look . |
| 15 | Andy Kyle had the honour at the last hole . |
| 16 | Plans for an historic ban on mining in the Antarctic were shattered by the US refusing to sign the treaty at the last moment . |