1.   As a final gesture they came upon the guardroom.

2.   As a final gesture the Council had passed a resolution declaring independence for the North-East.

3.   Its arms flicked snow loose in a final fastidious gesture of contempt, and then the whole thing began to tilt.

4.   In those circumstances, voting to strike may be a final gesture of defiance.

5.   Although he is offered generous severance pay, his final gesture is to dash around the office smashing everything in sight.

6.   As a final gesture to the Chechens, Lebed announced at the rally that a minefield would be cleared.

7.   A final gesture to the press, said we.

8.   Distraught over the split decision, the McAllister family hoped that the Clinton administration would include them in any final sweeping gesture regarding Northern Ireland.

9.   Director Julia Dyer favors a restrained approach, right up through the final defiant gesture of a ceremonial lesbian marriage.

10.   I remember the middle finger he extended in a final gesture of hatred.