Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] at the last [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Three times through the winter , Cascade had been within days of being fully formed , only to fall down at the last minute .
2 Carefully , slowly , Grace and her father tried to get the boat near the rock , but three times they had to pull away at the last minute .
3 It hit it hit Ian Stringfellow last week and caused Nicky Platten now to pull out at the last minute last night .
4 Someone had had to drop out at the last minute and there was an unexpected vacancy to be filled .
5 WHAT do you do when the date and time of your official opening has been set , the invitations sent out and your guest of honour has to drop out at the last minute due to matters of national importance ?
6 He almost missed the turning off the taxiway to the runway and had to brake hard at the last minute .
7 But the task of clearing hundreds of tips was too much for them to take on at the last minute .
8 BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid .
9 It dominates the town from any direction , looking across the river and seeming to peer cautiously at the last limb of the Jura mountains in the distance , a reminder of the days when an enemy might appear in the valley below .
10 but I said well at least you 've got it all done , you do n't have to rush around at the last minute .
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