Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] at the last " in BNC.
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1 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
2 | Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment . |
3 | Harvey was there in a red-coat uniform , smiling and doing his neat little dances and pretending to drop plates and saving them at the last minute , and the girls were saying ‘ Ooo ’ and slyly studying each other 's hairdos and shoes . |
4 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
5 | She was about to say so , in no uncertain terms , but stopped herself at the last moment . |