Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [num ord] moment " in BNC.
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| 31 | But do not be downhearted if your story is not taken up , or indeed ousted at the last moment because a major story comes up : your campaign will not suffer in the long run . |
| 32 | He intends to wait until the last moment before making the vital decision on taxes . |
| 33 | If do is used in the non-past , the infinitive 's event is situated in the first moment of the non-past time-sphere : ( 2 ) She does own a Porsche . |
| 34 | Stunned that he had n't known from the first moment that something was wrong with her . |
| 35 | Sorting went on day and night for a fortnight , and indeed beyond , for books kept on coming till the last moment of the sale . |
| 36 | A planned NLD rally to mark Martyrs ' Day on July 19 ( commemorating the 1947 assassination of Suu Kyi 's father , Aung San — the country 's independence hero ) was abandoned at the last moment . |
| 37 | You can minimise disappointment by calling the airline ( toll-free ) to check availability , and by being ready to switch at the last moment to a different , less popular destination . |
| 38 | He was supposed to deliver a bull to the district officer , it was about three weeks ago , and he decided at the last moment to replace the bull with another one . |
| 39 | My husband was going out to Qatar , that pear drop of moonscape pitted with rich oases and edged with ancient trading posts , the Emirate that had refused at the last moment to join Sheikh Zayed 's dream of unity . |
| 40 | Along with these measures went the catch-all clause , introduced at the last moment by the Liberal MP Henry Labouchère outlawing all forms of male homosexual contact . |
| 41 | A coalition to buy a 51 per cent share of Koch Industries was trumped at the last moment when Charles approached the Marshall family , four per cent stakeholders , with an offer too good to reject . |
| 42 | I knew from the first moment you were the man for her . ’ |
| 43 | Then they were a single out away from going one game up in Dodger Stadium — only for Kirk Gibson to turn the Series on its head with a home run at the last moment . |
| 44 | Luckily , one of the participants had to withdraw at the last moment and taking her place on the team , I went off in search of sponsors . |
| 45 | Rangers ' selection for Brugge will , under the circumstances , be left until the last moment . |
| 46 | This building programme from W to E meant that the Gothic E end was retained until the last moment . |
| 47 | In fulfilment of this agreement a huge force , variously put at 15,000 and 30,000 men , had been assembled between Dunkirk and Boulogne , to follow up any initial success in a landing on the south or east coast , though the final choice of destination was to be left to the last moment , being largely dependent on the wind . |
| 48 | Everything is prepared very carefully ; food that wo n't spoil or collapse is made first and other dishes of a more fragile nature are left to the last moment so they are picture for the picture . |
| 49 | Here a second fleet of transports would be waiting with another 20,000 men , who would assemble and embark at the last moment to secure the maximum surprise . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | However , they agreed at the last moment to participate . |
| 52 | Hun Sen initially refused to attend unless Sihanouk did , and only relented at the last moment . |
| 53 | According to some reports Li 's speech had been revised at the last moment to bring it in line with the current Dengist campaign . |
| 54 | In this way , should you be unable to attend at the last moment and he has to sit twiddling his thumbs in his consulting room because it is too late to give the appointment to anyone else , he is recompensed for the wasted time . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | Slowly the picture changes , and doubt is conceived at the first moment when ‘ thank you ’ is superfluous . |
| 57 | The Czech , beaten at the last moment by the Australian , is congratulated on coming second and replies , ‘ But I did n't win . ’ |
| 58 | This sense of his irreplaceability was reinforced at the last moment by the dramatic and threatening events of the Cuban Missile Crisis , which began just six days before the French voters went to the polls . |
| 59 | These are usually concealed and then flashed at the last moment , giving the prospective predator the impression that it is approaching a much larger animal and one that is staring straight at it in a defiant manner . |
| 60 | Significantly no places within 10 miles of London were contacted about the convention and a delegation from the old Anti-Slavery Society was only suggested at the last moment . |