Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | A planned trip by PLO chair Yassir Arafat to Syria in mid-October was cancelled at the last moment . |
| 2 | This sense of his irreplaceability was reinforced at the last moment by the dramatic and threatening events of the Cuban Missile Crisis , which began just six days before the French voters went to the polls . |
| 3 | Hamnett and Rosen became so close so quickly that May 's magazine was scrapped at the last minute in favour of a version reworked by Rosen . |
| 4 | I think what we will do , erm certainly a lot of concern was expressed at the last meeting that this er forum should should die er but I do n't think it will I think it is very simple , to set aside one meeting a year , devote it to cycles and invite the same people who have coming from the party . |
| 5 | The promised job with the chain stores was cancelled at the last moment ‘ due to the Depression ’ , the standard excuse . |
| 6 | But the project was scrapped at the last minute . |
| 7 | Hearing off : A disciplinary hearing involving a senior education officer who went missing during the summer was cancelled at the last minute yesterday . |
| 8 | Erm members will re ma , will be reminded the report was requested at the last personal services committee with regards to the council 's involvement in the current museums and Essex committee er , I 'm also requesting er , the financial contribution that this council actually makes to that committee . |
| 9 | A coalition to buy a 51 per cent share of Koch Industries was trumped at the last moment when Charles approached the Marshall family , four per cent stakeholders , with an offer too good to reject . |
| 10 | A planned visit by the king to Timisoara on Christmas Eve was cancelled at the last minute because of restrictions imposed by the government . |
| 11 | The controversy came to a head this weekend in the annual Town versus Gown match in Oxford , when Jodi Evans was told at the last minute that she could n't play in the men 's game . |
| 12 | On Nov. 29 it was announced that Gorbachev would visit Moldavia on the following day to address the republic 's Supreme Soviet , but the visit was cancelled at the last minute , reportedly because Dnestr Russian and Gagauz deputies had announced that they would boycott the session . |