Example sentences of "[adv] at the last minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 2 | Three times through the winter , Cascade had been within days of being fully formed , only to fall down at the last minute . |
| 3 | And he blames AC Scotland for the sabotaging of his plans to raise a second round of finance by stockbrokers in Europe who let him down at the last minute . |
| 4 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 5 | Only at the last minute , by forced marches , would it suddenly make for the Channel coast . |
| 6 | A second date was set for last Monday , when Mr Connelly was again told of the cancellation only at the last minute . |
| 7 | Only at the last minute , at the station , did she seem sad again . |
| 8 | When it comes to that though there will be people from other green parties who who 'll be looking for accommodation so at the last minute we can |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Every September we have the small ad hoc Cabinet committee known as the ‘ Star Chamber ’ [ MISC 62 ] in which Lord Whitelaw sits down and tries to bang heads together , and then the Prime Minister comes in at the last minute and bangs heads together even more . |
| 12 | Yes , it 's disappointing , but when someone comes in at the last minute then the adrenalin flows and you can have a very lively show . |
| 13 | ‘ If you 'll wash the lettuce I 'll make my special dressing and we could pick some wild sorrel and chop it in at the last minute . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I used dried ones and I 'm going to put some frozen ones in at the last minute . ’ |
| 15 | Speakers were David Snow of BP Bitor ( the company which imports and markets the fuel from Venezuela ) , Peter Taylor from the Oil Pollution Research Unit at Fort Popton , Dr Clive Morgan , also from Fort Popton but who was drafted in at the last minute to play the part of National Power Plc , and finally Gordon James of Narberth Friends of the Earth . |
| 16 | He would probably slip in at the last minute , just as a matter of duty . |
| 17 | I think one of the ideas behind the the party chipping in on this is because it would be extremely convenient for people who are popping in at the last minute for |
| 18 | Programme assistant Ian Edgar stood in at the last minute . |
| 19 | His scams and cons , however , are not always abortive and the profit he makes is not always snatched away at the last minute . |
| 20 | Ken Connelly , 52 , who suffers from an aorta aneurysm , a problem with his main artery , was about to be operated on when he was turned away at the last minute — on two occasions . |
| 21 | Some of the last-gasp attempts to save the Nationalist governments that were considered in Washington — with the wilder arpeggios such as encouraging the fragmentation of China or even , apparently , a series of punitive air strikes against the Chinese communists ( not to mention the sheer fantasy of creating ten new Chinese armies in six months ) — originated in the Far Eastern division of the State Department , and in fact the Administration , says Blum , had come close to re-intervention in the Chinese civil war on the mainland , but backed away at the last minute when it discovered that there was no viable force left to support . |
| 22 | Carefully , slowly , Grace and her father tried to get the boat near the rock , but three times they had to pull away at the last minute . |
| 23 | Boss David McErlain blames poor summer business and a vital sell-off deal that fell through at the last minute for this latest crisis . |
| 24 | The interview fell through at the last minute … |
| 25 | Fork through at the last minute . |
| 26 | Oh just at the last minute , yes when we were leaving . |
| 27 | A press conference Mr Kaifu had scheduled for Wednesday evening to explain what the government had decided was called off at the last minute . |
| 28 | Arrangements to introduce the new system of central scheduling were to be announced this week , but were called off at the last minute . |
| 29 | Many of the rebels , after a planned night attack had been called off at the last minute , had gone off into Inverness in search of food or were sleeping exhausted , unwilling to be roused , when news arrived of Cumberland 's approach . |
| 30 | Sheringham , who cost £2 million from Millwall 12 months ago , was lined up for Spurs a fortnight ago but the deal was called off at the last minute . |