Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] at [art] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also a triumph over the devil , who was thought to be particularly active at death-beds , either gloating over the sinner who was about to fall into his clutches , or trying at the last moment to snatch a soul in the throes of fear or doubt . |
| 2 | Here a second fleet of transports would be waiting with another 20,000 men , who would assemble and embark at the last moment to secure the maximum surprise . |
| 3 | as if something vital had been within her grasp , and removed at the last minute … |
| 4 | Delegations from Algeria and Yemen travelled to Moscow but withdrew at the last moment in solidarity with the Palestinian delegation . |
| 5 | Her distraught South African fiance Cuan Cronje had planned to accompany the two women on their safari trip but cancelled at the last minute . |
| 6 | He took no stand , but resigned at the last moment from the Lloyd George Cabinet so as to be ingratiatingly available to continue as Foreign Secretary in the new Government . |
| 7 | Trained in Ireland at the Cullinane yard for his first run of the 1984–5 season , he was then moved to Paddy Mullins , winning a handicap hurdle at Limerick Junction on his second outing for his new stable before his mood let him down again in the 1985 Gold Cup : he tried to pull himself up after a circuit and was tailed off when refusing at the last fence . |
| 8 | The company says its researchers took six months to extend the concept from a client-server system — as shown at the last Comdex event — to a personal computer . |
| 9 | The company says its researchers took six months to extend the concept from a client-server system — as shown at the last Comdex event — to a personal computer . |