Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the last moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political pilgrim should not stumble through backstreets and alleys with only glimpses of his goal , then suddenly at the last moment find all revealed ; rather he should approach it in awe , aware of its enormous size from a great distance . |
| 2 | Perhaps at the last moment an angel will appear . |
| 3 | He had been on the point of hiding in the kiosk : only at the last moment had he dived beneath it . |
| 4 | It was only at the last moment that the real or unreal nature of an escape project was finally determined . |
| 5 | There were many cases where Bloomsbury House was involved not at all , or only at the last moment when it was generally too late to offer any constructive help . |
| 6 | Only at the last moment , when he 'd been recognized in turn , did Zen realize that it was Daniele Miletti . |
| 7 | He did so at the last moment when the Unionists agreed not to oppose Henderson . |
| 8 | The band had been thrown together at the last moment ; and none of the musicians looked or sounded as if he was enjoying the experience . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I took the can carefully away at the last moment . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | Sometimes a head-on collision with a lorry seems inevitable , but somehow at the last moment we or they swerve out of the way . |
| 13 | Distorted , the vanquished falls as the victor is pulled aloft at the last moment . |
| 14 | All can seem well till the last moment . |
| 15 | He then feels that , in all fairness , he must give some guidance on the loose ends , even at the last moment . |
| 16 | The issues of repentance and forgiveness feature here also — Rodolpho , even at the last moment , is prepared to accept the blame for what Eddie has done and offers to kiss his hand , and Beatrice also offers him an earlier chance of redemption by asking him and Catherine to make friends and Catherine agrees — but Eddie refuses . |
| 17 | No , I hold on in there till the last moment . |
| 18 | It begins with a single central fact , the murder ; it broadens out as suspect after suspect comes into play ; then almost at the last moment it narrows abruptly down to another single fact , the murderer . |
| 19 | Both cancelled plans to join the annual procession almost at the last moment . |
| 20 | But then at the last moment I drifted wide . |
| 21 | They had both planned to stop on in the Sixth , then at the last moment , half way through the summer holidays in fact , Sheila had announced she was getting a job . |
| 22 | Then at the last moment he 'd pressed the small jeweller 's box into her hand . |
| 23 | The attack is a low-level one , the hooked talons thrown forward at the last moment to seize the fish , the forward speed of the eagle pulling the catch from the water . |
| 24 | He implants ideas , gives clues , prompts proposals , and avoids committing himself publicly until the last moment . |
| 25 | And if something else really was slipped aboard at the last moment , he thought , who knows but we may recover that , too ! |