Example sentences of "[adj] at the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean we debated this at the last meeting did n't we ? |
| 2 | But we did mention this at the last meeting did n't we ? |
| 3 | I said this at the last time we discussed this . |
| 4 | Apart from his Midlands Grand National triumph in 1990 he also gained a verdict over Norton 's Coin at Cheltenham — two months before that horse 's Gold Cup success — and would have been an easy winner of the Greenall Whitley Chase but for falling when clear at the last fence . |
| 5 | Piggott realised his chance was minimal and Reid could be forgiven that Lester might wish to switch to Dr. Devious at the last minute . |
| 6 | The song , which had become popular at the last election , went something like this : |
| 7 | Having to rely on staff Directors in-between other assignments , she found her first choice , Paddy Russell , unavailable at the last moment , and second choice , Richard Martin , only free for one episode . |
| 8 | something else that could be quite actually misleading might sleep , be very sleepy , difficult to wake , so if you 've got the baby and you think your baby 's due for a feed and it did n't take very much at the last feed , you ca n't wake it up you should n't think oh well I 'll have to wait for another four hours , beginning to get worried so if the baby 's difficult to wake if it 's difficult to feed not sucking very well if the baby 's cold to touch and then there 's something which is very , very misleading , these babies can have bright red cheeks and bright red hands and feet and if you look at them you think oh they must be warm because they 're red |
| 9 | The total world population was put at 190 at the last count . |
| 10 | She only mentioned Margaret twice — once tenderly : ‘ the beautiful curtains Margaret and I chose together ’ — once tartly : ‘ Margaret would never prepare her lectures … just gather a few notes together and wonder why she was nervous at the last moment . |
| 11 | Perhaps he could arrange for Anthony to go sick at the last minute . |
| 12 | The number of players varies ( around 35 at the last count ) , and the strategic implications of such rules as may exist have not been fully worked out . |
| 13 | A practical testing of Professor David Tweedie 's long-held wish for a ‘ hanging case ’ for the Financial Reporting Review Panel was frustrated at the last minute when Trafalgar House backed down and agreed to restate its 1991 figures in its next published accounts . |
| 14 | ‘ Keeper Steve Wilson looked comfortable at the last line of defence , making one brave save following a bad backpass from Renninson . |
| 15 | They should then not be left standing if other guests are seated , but shown to chairs on one side of the hall , or be directed to the seating plans so that they can fill the places kept for them , or go to seats left empty by ‘ no-shows ’ such as anyone taken ill at the last minute . |
| 16 | And then he blew it all at the last minute with that interference . |
| 17 | Er the perceiving people do n't , it does n't worry them very much , they 'll do it all at the last minute and get it sorted out somehow . |
| 18 | These show that the property portfolio is worth about £1.2 billion at present prices compared with £1.7 billion at the last year end . |
| 19 | The only real worry is that , to finance a strategy driven by buying other firms , Hanson keeps a large cash balance — £7 billion at the last count . |
| 20 | I think I came unstuck at the last fence |
| 21 | ‘ She told me she was vegetarian at the last minute , so no chicken broth . |
| 22 | The number of people identified who have made the move to the community was 768 at the last count , up to about September 1988. 526 are included in the evaluation , so we are already getting a lot of information about the potential of community care . |
| 23 | Madeleine , however , had insisted he bring along a girl to make up a foursome and Primrose was the only girl available at the last minute . |
| 24 | Arguing in a similar way , there could have been seven at the second party , leaving one-forty second of a cake unaccounted for , and hence an attendance of 42 at the last party . |
| 25 | The number of farmers is decreasing , 16 at the last count , but agriculture is still the dominant industry in this corner of East Yorkshire . |
| 26 | Provision for legislation for Marine Nature Reserves was only included in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1987 at the last minute , after much pressure was brought to bear on Peers and MP 's by conservation bodies such as WWF and the Marine Conservation Society . |
| 27 | ‘ But you can have the other if you did n't get enough at the last place . ’ |
| 28 | He flicked the file open at the last letter . |
| 29 | Whilst agreeing with the Commission about the desirability of reducing the number of crown court cases which are prepared for trial but where the defendant unexpectedly pleads guilty at the last moment , it believes that there are other ways of tackling this problem which do not pose a threat to the interests of justice . |
| 30 | We 've had a lot about politics this morning , and if the Labour Party wants to mobilize working women many of them who did n't vote Labour at the last election here is a ready made campaign to take into the next election . |