Example sentences of "up [prep] the [num ord] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | MacDonald 's assumption throughout the Government and almost up to the last moment was that Baldwin and he would retire together , and that Neville Chamberlain , with the freshness , if not of youth , at least of never having been Prime Minister before , would succeed directly . |
| 3 | Do you know she said she was n't coming to our wedding right up to the last moment , and when she did consent to come she behaved as if all the guests on my side were mud beneath her feet , though our family 's always been very well thought of around here , as I 'm sure you know , and my father could have bought her up a hundred times and not noticed the difference , and what was her father in New Zealand I wonder , some sheep dipper or other I would n't mind betting — you know the type that went to the colonies then — or perhaps he was a convict ! ’ |
| 4 | 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 … ’ |
| 5 | The family 's passive resistance continued right up to the last moment : Zen was not permitted to set foot on Miletti soil but had to wait for the Fiat in the street , beyond the imposing wrought-iron gates . |
| 6 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 7 | 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 . |