Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] the last moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 2 | Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment . |
| 3 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 4 | Begin what seems to be a front kick , then change it at the last moment into a high roundhouse kick . |
| 5 | He was almost on the point of signing before his better judgement saved him at the last moment from the emetic flower-child rompings of this 1972 Paramount flop . |
| 6 | Too close and you get swept over the edge except that they usually have some sort of wire-mesh barrier to stop you at the last moment . |
| 7 | I ca n't understand why they left it till the last moment ? |
| 8 | Miss Coldharbour had recruited her at the last moment to help serve supper for Canon Wheeler 's guests who included the Bishop and the Earl of Medewich and Markham . |