Example sentences of "[noun] at the [num ord] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I express our disappointment at the last minute postponement of the carefully planned visit of Anne-Marie de Jonghe to Wales . |
| 2 | Tony asked , suspecting that Freddie had lost his nerve at the last minute . |
| 3 | She lost her nerve at the last minute . |
| 4 | She remembered that Bridget had put a couple of bottles of white in the freezer compartment at the last minute . |
| 5 | Six Welsh officials and 10 players made the trip , many changing their mind at the last minute . |
| 6 | From a kneeling position , he turned and doused the oil lamp hoping to reduce the chance of any embarrassment changing Molly 's mind at the last minute . |
| 7 | She was nervous that he might change his mind at the last minute , but he did not do so . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 10 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 11 | I can change my mind at the last minute if I think the thing is n't watertight . ’ |
| 12 | It 's not fair on a man if a women undresses and then changes her mind at the last minute . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | That way , you know where to find them and do n't risk a lengthy search at the last minute , which may be boring and off-putting for both of you . |
| 15 | Julia , who called off their wedding at the last minute a year ago , was recently in Ireland with new lover Jason Patric . |
| 16 | Occasionally we encountered a bus or truck hurtling down towards us , slamming on the brakes at the last minute to edge past us with inches to spare . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But he cancelled his trip to England at the last minute and pretended he thought I was going to see you in your show and might as well hand you the invitation at the same time . ’ |
| 19 | Realising its error at the last minute , the magazine just managed to insert a back-page acknowledgement of its gaffe but not to correct the offending caption . |
| 20 | ‘ You turned down Havvie Blaine at the last minute , too . |
| 21 | The Premier cancelled a trip to Spain at the last minute as the sick pound hit its lowest level since joining the Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He had deliberately withdrawn his insistence at the last minute , Belinda realised now , so that her decision came freely . |
| 24 | The second Lady Deverill , having pulled her horse off Hullabaloo at the last minute , leaving herself just enough time to put him right at the ditch and hedge , did n't even bother to stop and admire her handiwork before riding on up the hill to rejoin the hunt and tell her husband that there seemed to have been a rather fearful accident . |
| 25 | Apart from the fact that polite letters of rejection are a matter of common courtesy there is also the more pragmatic point that something may go wrong with the new arrangement — the employee may change his/her mind , become ill , move away unexpectedly , take up another job at the last minute . |
| 26 | Doubtless for those reasons Harvard banned the match at the last minute . |
| 27 | Winning the title and the Billabong at the last minute on the most cut-throat wave in the world — that was the perfect ending . |
| 28 | Paul 's unease on the back nine was critical , and there were other points : Nick changed his putter at the last minute . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Said that urgent business had cropped up and tried to cancel his appearance at the last minute . ’ |