Example sentences of "[conj] at the last minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | We knew that VAT was going to be an issue , but because everything was so vague we found it impossible to draw up detailed plans in advance , which meant that at the last minute we had to commit unbudgeted and unplanned resources to enable us to be ready for January . ’ |
| 2 | There were a number of girls in the party and at the last minute the female teacher who was to chaperone them dropped out . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the negotiations for a depôt site in Raleigh Road fell through and at the last minute , the company had to seek another site . |
| 4 | All had to agree to the investment , and at the last minute Stockport , the only council where Labour had lost overall control to a mixture of Tories and Liberals , vetoed the decision . |
| 5 | Instead he took a curtain call , and at the last minute before he was to slide behind the curtains behind the bar , he reached for the flowers thrown to him earlier and broke off some of the roses , swaggering round the circle of admirers handing out the roses to the women . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But at the last minute , self-interest takes over ; in the stark presence of the perforated piece of paper and a stub of pencil on a string , we realise that we have to live in the ‘ real world ’ , and our courage fails us . |
| 9 | Michael Stein opened his mouth to reply but at the last minute , ever the professional , bit back a pithy retort . |
| 10 | But at the last minute , she had too much on . ’ |
| 11 | The French government had argued in favour of " balanced trade " between the two blocs but at the last minute accepted this wording . |
| 12 | But at the last minute the Town board played their cards … and persuaded Gorman to stay on and take over |
| 13 | But at the last minute , following a series of defections , O'Connor was drafted into the side at full back . |
| 14 | She 's not living in Plymouth as , she was gon na be but at the last minute they found a flat for her and |