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 .
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