Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | This aircraft sold at the last auction for $9,000 plus commission . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Fears of large-scale coastal flooding were averted as the fierce winds shifted at the last minute . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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% |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Comdex organisers had an independent survey done at the last mammoth fall show and discovered that 35% of the attendees were interested in Unix . |
| 14 | Should we be proud that the loaf broken at the Last Supper is now feeding 5000 denominations in as many different ways ? |
| 15 | It is important to note that if the pledge that the Labour party made at the last election had been carried through , dramatically less money would have been spent on health , for the reasons that my hon. Friend gave . |
| 16 | Of the 40 , nine were appointed to ensure equal representation of Moslems and Christians ; the remainder filled seats left vacant by the death of representatives elected at the last general election in 1972 . |