Example sentences of "[adv] at the last [noun] " 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 | Mr Clark , 64 , who stood down at the last election , had assured him that he had not advised companies to conceal military use when preparing export licence applications . |
| 3 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 4 | Three times through the winter , Cascade had been within days of being fully formed , only to fall down at the last minute . |
| 5 | And he blames AC Scotland for the sabotaging of his plans to raise a second round of finance by stockbrokers in Europe who let him down at the last minute . |
| 6 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 9 | Perhaps at the last moment an angel will appear . |
| 10 | Only at the last minute , by forced marches , would it suddenly make for the Channel coast . |
| 11 | A second date was set for last Monday , when Mr Connelly was again told of the cancellation only at the last minute . |
| 12 | Only at the last minute , at the station , did she seem sad again . |
| 13 | He had been on the point of hiding in the kiosk : only at the last moment had he dived beneath it . |
| 14 | It was only at the last moment that the real or unreal nature of an escape project was finally determined . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Only at the last moment , when he 'd been recognized in turn , did Zen realize that it was Daniele Miletti . |
| 17 | ‘ Four faults , ’ crackled the public address system as the little bright-bay mare failed to tuck her hind feet up quite high enough at the last bar of the treble . |
| 18 | When it comes to that though there will be people from other green parties who who 'll be looking for accommodation so at the last minute we can |
| 19 | He did so at the last moment when the Unionists agreed not to oppose Henderson . |
| 20 | Well as you know er to be a basic rate taxpayer , you 're paying twenty five pence in the pound , apart from the er the new rate you know the first two thousand five hundred you get at twenty percent , which came in at the last budget . |
| 21 | BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid . |
| 22 | She explained : ‘ I was called in at the last minute to help style a photographic session for Kylie about 18 months ago and it went from there . |
| 23 | Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more . |
| 24 | Yes , it 's disappointing , but when someone comes in at the last minute then the adrenalin flows and you can have a very lively show . |
| 25 | ‘ If you 'll wash the lettuce I 'll make my special dressing and we could pick some wild sorrel and chop it in at the last minute . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I used dried ones and I 'm going to put some frozen ones in at the last minute . ’ |
| 27 | Speakers were David Snow of BP Bitor ( the company which imports and markets the fuel from Venezuela ) , Peter Taylor from the Oil Pollution Research Unit at Fort Popton , Dr Clive Morgan , also from Fort Popton but who was drafted in at the last minute to play the part of National Power Plc , and finally Gordon James of Narberth Friends of the Earth . |
| 28 | He would probably slip in at the last minute , just as a matter of duty . |
| 29 | I think one of the ideas behind the the party chipping in on this is because it would be extremely convenient for people who are popping in at the last minute for |
| 30 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |