Example sentences of "but [vb past] [prep] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 SAM Torrance finished three shots ahead of his nearest challenger after the third round of the Kronenbourg Open at Salo but came off the last green a disappointed man .
2 Delegations from Algeria and Yemen travelled to Moscow but withdrew at the last moment in solidarity with the Palestinian delegation .
3 Her distraught South African fiance Cuan Cronje had planned to accompany the two women on their safari trip but cancelled at the last minute .
4 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 .
5 To illustrate , we will reconsider the last example and assume that the individual did not close his position after five days but waited for the last trading day which was the following day .
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