Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at the last moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic recipe is a reduction of white wine and brown fond de veau lié with a julienne of gherkins and mustard stirred in at the last moment . |
| 2 | The flight from Bahrain , with 263 people on board , veered away at the last moment , skimmed just 80ft above rush-hour traffic and narrowly missed another hotel before the landing was aborted . |
| 3 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 4 | In the event Lin and Chiang pulled out at the last moment , prompting speculation that Lee had made a deal with the conservatives over the reform programme or over Cabinet posts . |
| 5 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 6 | But it all fell through at the last moment . |
| 7 | He did so at the last moment when the Unionists agreed not to oppose Henderson . |
| 8 | Elizabeth , knowing her mother was a bad sailor , cried off at the last moment , claiming she was tired — she was surprised at the laughter that raised — and as she expected , her mother took the chance to stay behind with her . |