Example sentences of "[adv prt] until the last [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Both their lorries were green , and so were their lead reins , anti-sweat sheets , buckets and bandages , and there were green braids on their splendid horses ' tails , which were left down until the last moment to protect them from the flies .
2 The work went on until the last marcher had been patched up .
3 Up until the last minute of press day , our lines are always open , the overworked , underpaid hordes of YTS types we use to compile the stories thrashed to within an inch of their lives with our old school ties if they miss so much as one happening event .
4 ‘ Mr Pizzi reserves the right to change his mind up until the last minute .
5 It goes without saying that all the material needs to be checked repeatedly and authorized by various departmental heads , and that it will be changed right up until the last minute .
6 Hunt 's steadily deflating tyre held up until the last corner before the pits ; in he came for a tyre change .
7 She changed in the lorry with Martina , a sorrel mare with four white socks , who was never let out until the last moment , as she was driven so crazy by the flies .
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