Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] at the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken Connelly , 52 , who suffers from an aorta aneurysm , a problem with his main artery , was about to be operated on when he was turned away at the last minute — on two occasions . |
| 2 | Distorted , the vanquished falls as the victor is pulled aloft at the last moment . |
| 3 | And if something else really was slipped aboard at the last moment , he thought , who knows but we may recover that , too ! |
| 4 | I 've an awful feeling we should have gone right at the last junction . |
| 5 | The band had been thrown together at the last moment ; and none of the musicians looked or sounded as if he was enjoying the experience . |
| 6 | The attack is a low-level one , the hooked talons thrown forward at the last moment to seize the fish , the forward speed of the eagle pulling the catch from the water . |
| 7 | His scams and cons , however , are not always abortive and the profit he makes is not always snatched away at the last minute . |
| 8 | But he took the evening paper suggestion more seriously , and it eventually emerged as the London Daily News , which was changed ambitiously at the last minute into Britain 's first twenty-four-hour ‘ rolling newspaper ’ , aimed at pulling both evening and morning sales . |