1.   As in very last.

2.   At last, he understands that this was the last time, the very last tease that Los Angeles or its Lakers could take.

3.   But he is among the very last of the giants of TV news who go back to the beginning of the medium.

4.   For years, Gorman sought speed for Boston but never really found it until his very last signing -- Otis Nixon.

5.   If anything, Palestinian statehood pushes to the front devilish details that decades of peace talks have sought to put off until the very last.

6.   In all his public acts, even to the very last, we see him ever casting himself trustingly and nobly on the fealty of the people.

7.   It remained much in doubt until the very last, which convinced him that if he won, his administration would function at a great disadvantage.

8.   Some bidders engage in sniping, timing their first bid for the very last second to beat out all other people.

9.   The face behind the mask is almost pretty, still soft, without edges, in the very last period of boyhood.

10.   The very last was the best.