Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | This aircraft sold at the last auction for $9,000 plus commission . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In fact , Hainer Bastian see this exhibition as completing the vision of Picasso presented at the last great retrospective in New York twelve years ago , when the focus was on his Cubist , surrealist and classical phases . |
| 4 | As Personal Assistant to John Watson , prepare a report reviewing Palatine Ales ' position following the successful conclusion of the takeover battle , evaluating the proposals made at the last Board meeting , and submitting your recommendations regarding future policy . |
| 5 | The publication in April of Poems on Various Subjects , its preface written at the last moment in Cottle 's bookshop , was a genuine cause for satisfaction and received enthusiastic reviews . |
| 6 | Fears of large-scale coastal flooding were averted as the fierce winds shifted at the last minute . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But as one parent said at the last gathering : ‘ Why do we all have to be so matey ? ’ |
| 9 | She was supported by seven of the eight parties which had agreed to form a coalition Cabinet , although the Centre Alliance withdrew at the last minute . |
| 10 | Two years ago , Master Solper could get you anything ; a piece of cloth from the napkins used at the Last Supper , a hair from the beard of St Joseph , part of a toy once used by the Baby Christ . |
| 11 | Earlier Mr Yeltsin had appealed to the 1,000-odd deputies to accept amendments to a hardline resolution and save the power-sharing compromise struck at the last Congress in December . |
| 12 | Those canny souls that know how often these things fall at the last hurdle can stop holding their breath and relax over Tadpole Technology Plc 's deal to do a Power RISC-based notebook for IBM Corp : IBM has paid £325,000 for 500,000 new Tadpole shares at what is now the bargain issue price of 65p , which at last week 's price of 224 pence gives it an instant paper profit of £795,000 ; it also gets warrants for 2.22m more shares at the same price to take it to 12.9% . |
| 13 | When the alternative seemed to be squabbles and point-scoring , many of these people decided at the last minute to give John Major the benefit of the doubt . |
| 14 | Rates used at the last actuarial valuation at 1st April 1991 were as follows : per annum Long term rate of investment return 9.0% Dividend increase rate 4.5% General salary and wage inflation rate 7.0% Pension increase rate 5.0% |
| 15 | Following amendments to update our Constitution approved at the last Annual General Meeting held on 27th April 1985 , three members of the Executive Committee will retire annually , which of course means that it will be necessary in future to hold elections each year to fill these vacant places . |
| 16 | Erm Mary indicated at the last executive that she wants to retire from C H C and she would like Pauline to take her place , have you an nomina , a nominee from here ? |
| 17 | He is confident he will gain the 6pc swing needed to secure the seat and says a Labour victory will ‘ finish off ’ what his colleague started at the last election in 1987 . |
| 18 | On that occasion he was three lengths clear at the last , but his injury allowed Golden Friend , who was receiving 19lb , to overhaul him on the line to win by a head . |
| 19 | On that occasion he was three lengths clear at the last , but his injury allowed Golden Friend , who was receiving 19lb , to overhaul him on the line to win by a head . |
| 20 | ‘ Whatever a man remembers at the last , when he is leaving the body , will be realised by him hereafter ; because that will be what his mind constantly dwelt on during his life . ’ |
| 21 | The winger jumped at the last minute and Kitchen slid underneath him like a runaway bull and hit the concrete wall full on . |
| 22 | Lord Ridley retired at the last election and took a peerage . |
| 23 | There is a multitude of stately homes and historic sites to visit , including Glastonbury Abbey and Tor , where Joseph of Arimathea is said to have buried the chalice used at the Last Supper ; and Montacute House , a very fine Elizabethan mansion with formal gardens . |
| 24 | Joseph of Arimathea is supposed to have visited the area in his travels , bringing with him the Glastonbury Thorn and possibly the Holy Grail , the cup used at the Last Supper . |
| 25 | In particular , you will probably have good reason to complain if your employer departs at the last minute from an approach to the selection process that has previously been announced . |
| 26 | London lies at the last point where a Roman bridge could comfortably cross the Thames , where landborne traffic and ships from overseas could readily meet . |
| 27 | Comdex organisers had an independent survey done at the last mammoth fall show and discovered that 35% of the attendees were interested in Unix . |
| 28 | His three customers on the plane were a woman who had changed her travel plans at the last minute and a married couple starting a world tour . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Should we be proud that the loaf broken at the Last Supper is now feeding 5000 denominations in as many different ways ? |