Example sentences of "[v-ing] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blenching at the last few miles , shivering as sweat and dew ran down their backs , they turned into Donald Gillies 's yard at Camserney sawmill . |
| 2 | ‘ And you have ? ’ said Bob , nibbling at the last of his cheese . |
| 3 | Remembering at the last minute her policy of poise and control , she straightened up and formed what she hoped was a suitably businesslike expression . |
| 4 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 5 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 6 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 7 | ‘ To think I may be looking at the last of the Corbetts . ’ |
| 8 | IN view of all the talk about a resumption of political talks , I 've been looking at the last word of the Ulster Unionists on the subject , delivered just before the plug was pulled last October . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Along with Graham Nearn of Caterham and Chris Smith of Westfield , Marsh — Marcos founder and mainstay of the UK 's cottage industry of component car makers — was exhibiting at the last motor show , where anyone could legitimately call him a ‘ kit car ’ maker . |
| 11 | She had very nearly done a cordon bleu cookery course after she had left school , only deciding at the last minute to reinvest her time and money in the boutique instead . |
| 12 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
| 13 | Startled , Tal flew from his perch straight past her head , swerving at the last moment , flapping a wing in her face . |
| 14 | Startled , Tal flew from his perch straight past her head , swerving at the last moment , flapping a wing in her face . |
| 15 | So in the end he took to pointing at the last and most precious of " the possessions " … tiger-skins , bookcases full of elevating and instructional volumes , embroidered samplers , teasets of bone china , humidors and candlesticks , mounted elephants ' feet , and rowing-oars with names of college eights inscribed in gilt paint ; the ladies were instructed to improvise sandbags out of linen sheets and pillowslips and fine lace tablecloths . |
| 16 | ‘ We only found out Peter was n't coming at the last minute . |
| 17 | In 1990 , Heritage Minister , David Mellor said the press were drinking at the last chance saloon . |
| 18 | We see Othello clutching at the last flickers of his memory of Desdemona as she was , for him ( and as of course she still is ) : Not your way , because not my way . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They 're wired up like a lighting circuit , with the circuit cable terminating at the last — to fixed appliances like cookers and immersion heaters — are also wired up as radial circuits . |