Example sentences of "[pron] at the [adj] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advantages : An agency can usually find you someone at the last minute . |
| 2 | DEC president Bob Palmer , who was supposed to grace this week 's gathering with his presence — see front page — absented himself at the last minute . |
| 3 | The heroine has escaped and alerted the police , who at the last minute burst in and save our hero from a fate worse than death . |
| 4 | They ca n't gazump you at the last minute cos it makes |
| 5 | Dana had not appeared for the promised fitting or for the rehearsal , excusing herself at the last minute because Roman had wanted her for alterations to one of the outfits she was to wear . |
| 6 | Claudine had probably dropped that on him at the last minute . |
| 7 | What if I decide against it at the last minute ? |
| 8 | ‘ It was quite usual for me to take on this sort of job but it was n't usual for him to make an appointment for me and only tell me at the last minute , especially when it meant working after hours . |
| 9 | I can not chuck them at the last minute . |
| 10 | Harvey was there in a red-coat uniform , smiling and doing his neat little dances and pretending to drop plates and saving them at the last minute , and the girls were saying ‘ Ooo ’ and slyly studying each other 's hairdos and shoes . |
| 11 | ‘ They insisted that they held the meeting at a place of their choosing and only told us at the last minute . |
| 12 | We thank Raymond and his bride Koti for not cancelling us at the last minute , and allowing BBC Good Food to share in their excitement . |