Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] at the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Data from children whose ears contained fluid at the final assessment or at the last assessment before they were lost to follow up were excluded . |
2 | With sudden inspiration and at the last moment , I stripped the big bed of its blanket and pillows and stuffed them on top of the suitcases . |
3 | Around the World in 80 Days ( BBC-1 ) started by pulling eight million viewers and at the last count two weeks ago had more than 11 million . |
4 | The French government had argued in favour of " balanced trade " between the two blocs but at the last minute accepted this wording . |
5 | Despite a resident magpie — this year 's nest building has already begun — birds visiting the garden daily include blue tit , great tit , long-tailed tit and coal tit , siskin , greenfinch , sparrows , blackbirds , thrushes , robins and at the last count 11 chaffinches . |
6 | How can I forget all 4′ 11″ of him who would run across the office and at the last moment hop , skip and jump and land astride his stool . |
7 | There were a number of girls in the party and at the last minute the female teacher who was to chaperone them dropped out . |