Example sentences of "[prep] the last moment [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The distress of leaving them no doubt contributed to the ‘ sudden & severe indisposition of Mrs Gould … which inducing the utmost fears for her safety , rendered it very doubtful up to the last moment whether they would be able to go or not … ’ |
| 2 | Everything is prepared very carefully ; food that wo n't spoil or collapse is made first and other dishes of a more fragile nature are left to the last moment so they are picture for the picture . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was only at the last moment that the real or unreal nature of an escape project was finally determined . |
| 5 | I found that so many new people had come into the scheme at the last moment that I was now four from the end . |
| 6 | GUIL : ( At the last moment before they enter — wistfully ) I 'm sorry it was n't a unicorn . |
| 7 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 8 | But do not be downhearted if your story is not taken up , or indeed ousted at the last moment because a major story comes up : your campaign will not suffer in the long run . |
| 9 | So just at the last moment as the ladder began to sweep that way I just pushed as er hard as I could in the air , and the wardrobe flew up into the air in that direction , the ladder flew off in that direction , I flew off in this direction |
| 10 | Remarkably , they were saved at the last moment and rebuilt , now forming a group of pleasant dwellings . |
| 11 | Luckily , one of the participants had to withdraw at the last moment and taking her place on the team , I went off in search of sponsors . |
| 12 | In this way , should you be unable to attend at the last moment and he has to sit twiddling his thumbs in his consulting room because it is too late to give the appointment to anyone else , he is recompensed for the wasted time . |
| 13 | Every sentence begins ‘ The whole point is this , ’ proceeds doggedly towards the target , then veers off at the last moment and explodes harmlessly in the undergrowth . |
| 14 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 15 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 16 | The borough MPs were very different from their county colleagues , and only thirty-seven of the eighty-six from English boroughs even lived in the same towns ; many were carpet-bagging lawyers , induced to stand at the last moment and at the expense of Central Office . |
| 17 | His trousers bunch round his ankles again , then catch round his boots and disappear over the edge of the chimney , kicking up at the last moment and hitting the grating ; the branch slips and the grating slams down . |
| 18 | And then there was the blue velvet pelisse to go over the dress , with its white fur lining and deep fur hem , and a glorious white fur muff on which that clever Miss Adeane had stitched , at the last moment and quite behind Miss Baker 's back , a truly enormous blue velvet bow . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It ran straight , veered at the last moment and dropped . |
| 21 | His personal score stood at seven which made him an ace and then came that morning of ferocious winds and driving snow when he 'd come in at four hundred feet , flying blind , lost his engine at the last moment and crash-landed . |