Example sentences of "at the [adj] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at the last minute , apparently under the immediate pressure of writing the magazine version of the novel , Dostoevsky realised that ‘ FACTUAL ’ is precisely what Kirillov 's role must not , in essence and impact , be . |
| 2 | Six Welsh officials and 10 players made the trip , many changing their mind at the last minute . |
| 3 | The album of music for the film Mike 's Murder was left looking limp after John Barry had been hired , at the last minute , to replace sizeable parts of Jackson 's score on the actual soundtrack . |
| 4 | Following her airlift to the United States with 40 other coup survivors and relatives , Edela de Giroldi said her husband was betrayed by fellow officers who deserted the coup plotters at the last minute . |
| 5 | A HOME OFFICE minister yesterday intervened at the last minute to delay a Kurdish refugee being flown back to Turkey . |
| 6 | Hamnett and Rosen became so close so quickly that May 's magazine was scrapped at the last minute in favour of a version reworked by Rosen . |
| 7 | A voice from the front of the column shouted , ‘ Piper , at Achnacarry and in England you wake us up with your bagpipes ; here in France we wake you up with a hot dinner at the last minute . ’ |
| 8 | The Chicago discussions were attended by fifty-one countries , many of which were still under German or Japanese occupation , so the proceedings were dominated by the USA , Britain , and the Commonwealth ( the USSR backed out at the last minute ) . |
| 9 | However , they have not been briefed that in this case the drop zone will be changed at the last minute . |
| 10 | The judges decided 7-0 against Mr Santos on the grounds that the party he had joined at the last minute in order to stand , the little-known Brazilian Municipalist Party which was founded by Pentecostal preachers , had failed to register in time . |
| 11 | Sampras will finish the year in 81st place , Courier a more respectable 24th , but in doubles they have eclipsed their more renowned contemporaries and deserved to qualify for the Masters when Ken Flach and Robert Seguso were forced to withdraw at the last minute . |
| 12 | Your only option when sending money at the last minute to arrive by Christmas is to use the banks ' electronic money transfer services which take from 24 hours to around five days depending on the bank and whether you use an express transfer . |
| 13 | Your only option when sending money at the last minute to arrive by Christmas is to use the banks ' electronic money transfer services which take from 24 hours to around five days depending on the bank and whether you use an express transfer . |
| 14 | Your only option when sending money at the last minute to arrive by Christmas is to use the banks ' electronic money transfer services which take from 24 hours to around five days depending on the bank and whether you use an express transfer . |
| 15 | BA is keeping its distance from attempts by Stephen Wolf and Jay Pritzker to revive the bidding consortium , but there are still hopes in the US that it could be persuaded to step in at the last minute to add weight to a new bid . |
| 16 | The American audiences were kind of small at first and it was a major promotional coup to have survived it all because a lot of dates were pulled at the last minute — promoters could n't get any interest . |
| 17 | The Greens had planned to hold their 1989 rally in the Sorbonne , but at the last minute they were told they would have to go elsewhere and the only venue available at short notice was the Cité . |
| 18 | A press conference Mr Kaifu had scheduled for Wednesday evening to explain what the government had decided was called off at the last minute . |
| 19 | Perhaps he could arrange for Anthony to go sick at the last minute . |
| 20 | Nigel was really unwell at the last minute with a bad bout of flu , but decided not to cancel . |
| 21 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
| 22 | At the last minute , I have held it back . ’ |
| 23 | And the craziest things can happen at the last minute . |
| 24 | She explained : ‘ I was called in at the last minute to help style a photographic session for Kylie about 18 months ago and it went from there . |
| 25 | At the last minute , when the stern hit the swollen water and the dinghy 's progress flattened out I jumped in myself and simply hoped against all reasonable hope that we would n't sink at once . |
| 26 | EXACTLY a fortnight after his unscheduled South Bank recital debut , when he was invited at the last minute to take over from the indisposed Krystian Zimerman , the young Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner was back at the Festival Hall to replace the temperamental Martha Argerich in a Mozart concerto with the Philharmonia and conductor Claus Peter Flor . |
| 27 | As he watched , a mink pounced on the vole and , although the vole dived from the bank for safety at the last minute , the mink had grabbed it almost before it hit the water . |
| 28 | The winger jumped at the last minute and Kitchen slid underneath him like a runaway bull and hit the concrete wall full on . |
| 29 | But Koch 's vacillating views on his own afterguard line-up , seemingly decided at the last minute with minimal consultation among his senior crew , is bemusing observers . |
| 30 | Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute . |