Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] at the [adj] 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 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 3 | The jolt rattled his ribs and he breathed in at the same moment as his head crashed through the surface , like a seal in the surf . |
| 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 | I remember the smiles of delight which spread across the face of one mother when the little fleshly alarm clock which I had been handed , went off at the crucial moment . |
| 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 . |