Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] at the last [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There were many cases where Bloomsbury House was involved not at all , or only at the last moment when it was generally too late to offer any constructive help . |
2 | Perhaps it decided to stay put and I would n't notice it was there and maybe at the last second it decided it would run for it ! |
3 | She held the letter over the basket , ready to consign it to being thrown away , and then at the last minute snatched it back and put in in her desk . |
4 | Sometimes a head-on collision with a lorry seems inevitable , but somehow at the last moment we or they swerve out of the way . |
5 | ‘ We talked about it , but then at the last minute we thought of the Bahamas . |
6 | But then at the last moment I drifted wide . |