Example sentences of "[adv] at the last moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political pilgrim should not stumble through backstreets and alleys with only glimpses of his goal , then suddenly at the last moment find all revealed ; rather he should approach it in awe , aware of its enormous size from a great distance . |
| 2 | Chris , Marius and the Swiss who had come from Lille were here ; Alex had been turned down at the last moment on a medical detail . |
| 3 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 4 | Perhaps at the last moment an angel will appear . |
| 5 | He had been on the point of hiding in the kiosk : only at the last moment had he dived beneath it . |
| 6 | It was only at the last moment that the real or unreal nature of an escape project was finally determined . |
| 7 | There were many cases where Bloomsbury House was involved not at all , or only at the last moment when it was generally too late to offer any constructive help . |
| 8 | Only at the last moment , when he 'd been recognized in turn , did Zen realize that it was Daniele Miletti . |
| 9 | He did so at the last moment when the Unionists agreed not to oppose Henderson . |
| 10 | The basic recipe is a reduction of white wine and brown fond de veau lié with a julienne of gherkins and mustard stirred in at the last moment . |
| 11 | They were all sitting there staring at me and Monsieur de Levantiére said , ‘ This is Constance , who has kindly stepped in at the last moment . ’ |
| 12 | Not by someone else stepping in at the last moment . |
| 13 | They could perhaps find a replacement make-up artist , though that would prove difficult at such short notice , but someone coming in at the last moment would find it hard to cope with the unusual styles , and the actors would be having problems enough dealing with first-night nerves without having to face any added strain . |
| 14 | There were seven of us sharing the place , the Carters ' eldest son and his girlfriend having invited themselves along at the last moment , and their movements were completely unpredictable . |
| 15 | The band had been thrown together at the last moment ; and none of the musicians looked or sounded as if he was enjoying the experience . |
| 16 | The flight from Bahrain , with 263 people on board , veered away at the last moment , skimmed just 80ft above rush-hour traffic and narrowly missed another hotel before the landing was aborted . |
| 17 | I took the can carefully away at the last moment . |
| 18 | But it all fell through at the last moment . |
| 19 | So just at the last moment as the ladder began to sweep that way I just pushed as er hard as I could in the air , and the wardrobe flew up into the air in that direction , the ladder flew off in that direction , I flew off in this direction |
| 20 | Sometimes a head-on collision with a lorry seems inevitable , but somehow at the last moment we or they swerve out of the way . |
| 21 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 22 | Elizabeth , knowing her mother was a bad sailor , cried off at the last moment , claiming she was tired — she was surprised at the laughter that raised — and as she expected , her mother took the chance to stay behind with her . |
| 23 | They come close to enjoining all scientists to refuse to engage in military research but then back off at the last moment . |
| 24 | Every sentence begins ‘ The whole point is this , ’ proceeds doggedly towards the target , then veers off at the last moment and explodes harmlessly in the undergrowth . |
| 25 | The plan was called off at the last moment . |
| 26 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 27 | His trousers bunch round his ankles again , then catch round his boots and disappear over the edge of the chimney , kicking up at the last moment and hitting the grating ; the branch slips and the grating slams down . |
| 28 | Distorted , the vanquished falls as the victor is pulled aloft at the last moment . |
| 29 | Would he back out at the last moment ? |
| 30 | Lorton wondered if he 'd chickened out at the last moment . |