Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] the last [noun] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	They ca n't gazump you at the last minute cos it makes
2	He did n't catch us until the last peak , Creag nan Damh , where a number of ridge-walkers were gathered , basking in the delight of the afternoon and resting on their laurels after a mammoth expedition .
3	I can not chuck them at the last minute .
4	Efforts to strengthen and improve it in the last decades of the century had only moderate success .
5	One day soon she would see him for the last time .
6	He would meet me off the last train … .
7	The other one , could I just correct something on the last line of er , comment at the bottom of the , bottom of page two .
8	Oh and I 'll have one for the last card .
9	We did n't have one on the last play .
10	Please do n't leave them to the last minute .
11	Please do n't leave them to the last minute .
12	Please do n't leave them to the last minute .
13	Please do n't leave them to the last minute .
14	Please do n't leave them to the last minute .
15	You could use it er , in the reverse of the way that the theory suggests , which you can actually leave it on the last diary page where you have something on your to do list that you have n't completed .
16	Manager Joe Royle said : ‘ We will leave it until the last minute to give him every chance . ’
17	I must content myself with the last verse of a hymn in honour of St Bartholomew :
18	Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex .
19	We 'll put it as the last item .
20	He could now lose it on the last ball !
21	But Ferguson insisted : ‘ Let me make one thing crystal clear — Manchester United wo n't bottle it on the last lap of the championship .
22	On the day they want to , they will massacre you to the last man , and it is your duty to fall .
23	Well , to hell with them , but I will say everything to the last word . ’

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