Example sentences of "[adv] up [prep] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | The normal business life of the town continued right up to the last moment and in some houses food was laid out for meals that were never eaten . |
| 2 | It also meant constant fighting right up to the last day , and for Bomber Command no let-up in the night by night sorties into enemy skies . |
| 3 | Truman 's victory in 1948 , like that of Edward Heath in the UK election of 1970 , and now John Major in 1992 , confounded the opinion pollsters , who , right up to the last minute , were predicting a different result . |
| 4 | I never leave a wash until it is dry , as unwanted effects can occur right up to the last minute . |
| 5 | And as they came towards the end of the day he had to do some quick thinking to find out whether he 'd have to keep the men working right up to the last minute in order to get the stint , of three-quarter of an acre 's ploughing for each man , finished . |
| 6 | Do you know she said she was n't coming to our wedding right up to the last moment , and when she did consent to come she behaved as if all the guests on my side were mud beneath her feet , though our family 's always been very well thought of around here , as I 'm sure you know , and my father could have bought her up a hundred times and not noticed the difference , and what was her father in New Zealand I wonder , some sheep dipper or other I would n't mind betting — you know the type that went to the colonies then — or perhaps he was a convict ! ’ |
| 7 | Both sides fought intensive and costly campaigns and most opinion polls showed the FSLN well ahead of the UNO right up to the last minute . |
| 8 | The family 's passive resistance continued right up to the last moment : Zen was not permitted to set foot on Miletti soil but had to wait for the Fiat in the street , beyond the imposing wrought-iron gates . |
| 9 | Scribbling changes in the margin of his text right up to the last minute , Mr Clinton insisted the burden of his new taxes were spread fairly across American society . |
| 10 | Work is still going on in fitting out a new store right up to the last minute . |
| 11 | erm We had a big screen and the atmosphere was absolutely tremendous — right up to the last minute as you said , with three points in it , it was very tense . |
| 12 | Even up to the last . |
| 13 | MacDonald 's assumption throughout the Government and almost up to the last moment was that Baldwin and he would retire together , and that Neville Chamberlain , with the freshness , if not of youth , at least of never having been Prime Minister before , would succeed directly . |