Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.

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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 One day soon she would see him for the last time .
5 He would meet me off the last train … .
6 Please do n't leave them to the last minute .
7 Please do n't leave them to the last minute .
8 Please do n't leave them to the last minute .
9 Please do n't leave them to the last minute .
10 Please do n't leave them to the last minute .
11 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 .
12 Manager Joe Royle said : ‘ We will leave it until the last minute to give him every chance . ’
13 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 .
14 We 'll put it as the last item .
15 He could now lose it on the last ball !
16 But Ferguson insisted : ‘ Let me make one thing crystal clear — Manchester United wo n't bottle it on the last lap of the championship .
17 On the day they want to , they will massacre you to the last man , and it is your duty to fall .
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