Example sentences of "his [noun sg] at the [adj] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appellant was anxious for the matter to be dealt with in the magistrates ' court , but his accomplice elected to be tried in the Crown Court , but changed his plea at the last minute . |
| 2 | Tony asked , suspecting that Freddie had lost his nerve at the last minute . |
| 3 | We 're both Aquarian dreamers and have always been able to be ‘ alone ’ together , or step easily into imagination games , and Max — like me — has a fairy godmother who always seems to save his neck at the last minute . |
| 4 | She was nervous that he might change his mind at the last minute , but he did not do so . |
| 5 | All the techniques in taekwondo are flexible and allow the practitioner to change his mind at the last minute as to which block or punch will provide him with the best defence or counter-attack . |
| 6 | He had deliberately withdrawn his insistence at the last minute , Belinda realised now , so that her decision came freely . |
| 7 | Said that urgent business had cropped up and tried to cancel his appearance at the last minute . ’ |
| 8 | Paul 's unease on the back nine was critical , and there were other points : Nick changed his putter at the last minute . |
| 9 | Macdonald tried unsuccessfully to find a magistrate to receive his oath at the last minute , then sent his papers to Edinburgh , where Secretary of State and Master of Stair Sir John Dalrymple suppressed them . |