How To Use Last minute In A Sentence
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I thought I might be able to get a good deal on a hotel stay if I booked at the last minute to snatch a bargain on an unbooked room.
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At the last minute I decided to go, so I flung a few clothes together and left.
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In the end, despite these tight controls, the US-backed generals failed to win a majority of the vote, securing a plurality only through frenzied last minute stuffing of the ballot boxes.
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There's also a pretty good chance that we could have a last minute substitution for the cranberry relish.
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In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. he becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values. It hasoften been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.
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The plan/flight had to be aborted at the last minute.
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Brilliant teamwork and old fashioned grit got the team a last minute point.
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In the last minute of the game one player sees a red card.
The Sun
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In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. he becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values. It hasoften been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.
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She had to pull out of the race at the last minute.
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They changed the plans at the last minute.
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The game hung in the balance until the last minute when an exciting point decided it.
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Other chapters, conversely, are likely to be concluded or closed only at the last minute since they touch upon core vested interests of current and aspirant member states.
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Germany saved their face by getting 2 points in the last minute and drawing the match.
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Last minute cramming for exams is a bad idea, take it from someone who was a professional crammer.
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It was carved by my great-grandfather and came to me unrequested, a bargained token in the frantic last minute horse-trading as my parents' divorce was settled.
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There are the thrill-seekers, who find they get a rush of euphoria by waiting to do things at the last minute.
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Imagine if we never again had people darting across three lanes of traffic to avoid a traffic backup or to get off on an exit at the last minute.
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He was a Navy stoker ready to board the fatal expedition, when a last minute order by his Captain to forgo the operation and remain ashore saved his life.
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A penalty in the last minute of the game levelled the score 22.
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At the last minute the hero saves her from a fate worse than death.
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She started to bend to gather her cloak, but straightened at the last minute.
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It snuck up on us all at the last minute, which was the perfect way to discover it.
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Perhaps it is actually a canny psychological technique for dispelling any last minute doubts.
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I was going to enter a belly-dancing contest, but I bottled out at the last minute.
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Only O'Sullivan was reprieved at the last minute because of his youth.
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In the next two to three weeks, General Motors will start building so-called "salable" Volts which will go into the captured test fleet for GM employees to accumulate miles and catch any last minute glitches before the cars enter full production in November.
Autoblog Green
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Sometimes they cancel at the last minute or take calls all the way through lunch.
Blaikie's Guide to Modern Manners
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By contrast, when compliance is performed manually, the effort is typically left to the last minute and performed half-heartedly.
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They pulled out of the deal at the last minute leaving us high and dry.
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The way they ran as hard in the last minute as they did the first was a telling indicator of the desire at the club.
Times, Sunday Times
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For those who have put off their shopping till the very last minute, designer-wear ready-mades are ideal to help celebrate the joyous festival in fashion.
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During the last minutes before Telescope delivered the envelope, my friend (and one-twelfth of the Twelve Irish Tenors) Branden messaged me that Wikipedia had already recorded Crystal as the winner.
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We squeaked into the final with a goal in the last minute.
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The plane was going straight towards the mountain, but veered away at the last minute.
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I had fallen into my old bad habit of leaving everything until the last minute.
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At the last minute, the host decides to lighten things up by adding Zerbinetta and her Italian commedia dell'arte troupe to the program, and then, to save time, ordains that the opera and the harlequinade be combined.
Christmas Gifts From Paris
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We were gazumped at the last minute.
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Another team concedes a penalty in the last minute.
The Sun
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I had to throw a meal together at the last minute.
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The union threatened a strike but called it off at the last minute.
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So in the final countdown, how are they doing, and how are their support crews of officials and friends helping out with last minute preparations?
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Here's that list we asked about this morning -- those civic-minded business people who gave the money at the last minute to save the Washington Park free summer concerts this year:
City of angels (Jack Bog's Blog)
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In creamed cakes an airy batter of fat, sugar, and egg is mixed with flour at the last minute, allowing minimal time for protein and starch in the flour to cross-link.
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Even the basics are not up to scratch as the court, laid at the last minute, slopes alarmingly and is uneven in some places and positively lumpy in others.
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I felt privileged to be there to witness the very last minutes of one of the longest managerial careers in modern football.
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Now they are trying to undo some of the damage at the very last minute, with rushed legislation.
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She had to pull out of the race at the last minute.
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To beat your local rivals in the last minute in front of your own fans is brilliant.
The Sun
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The prisoners' attempt to escape was foiled at the last minute when police received a tip-off.
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I don't think they are going to pull out of the deal at the last minute.
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For every person who, warned by a presentiment of catastrophe, turned back at the last minute from boarding a plane that was shortly to crash, thousands (by now) did not.
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One of the charter boats had to be replaced at the last minute because of a broken bilge pump.
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I got a cheap flight at the last minute.
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Maybe we can feel the chiliasm coming, but it's not here yet — we still have to play out the last minutes of the game even if the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
Spin
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Commiserations to Norway as a last minute crew change was required after the bowman broke his wrist during a warm up run yesterday.
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Ever since the 4-0 win over Manchester United in the quarter-final of the Carling Cup the Israeli has made a point of removing his West Ham scarf and throwing it to supporters but the club shop was unable to keep up with his repeated need for a replacement and he was unable to wear his preferred type of neckwear for last weekend's trip to Goodison Park, where West Ham conceded a last minute equaliser.
West Ham sign Gary O'Neil in time for Carling Cup semi-final
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The project was almost derailed at the last minute by the eurozone crisis, which resulted in higher borrowing costs.
Times, Sunday Times
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In the city's lavish beaux-arts facades and lobbies, farewell smooches and the rustle of tipsy last minute fumblings, still linger faintly in the air today.
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At the last minute add the sprig of rosemary and infuse for two minutes.
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One of the supply clerks had done a last minute bit of customization to her helmet.
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Although the child is still alive, at the last minute the surgeon refuses to operate.
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The UN and the Saudis had lined up several countries to contribute troops, and the interim Iraqi government was on board - but the deal was nixed at the last minute by the Americans.
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Have to leave it to the last minute -- double-dyed criminals they may be but we can't have a couple of men go down in a sinking ship.
SAN ANDREAS
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I'd got myself all psyched up for the interview and then it was called off at the last minute.
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Brilliant teamwork and old fashioned grit got the team a last minute point.
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You're not going to cop out at the last minute, are you?
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In their silent daytimes at the bottom of a reed bed or scrubby ditch, they are invisible and often start singing only in the last minutes of light.
A Year on the Wing
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The union threatened a strike but called it off at the last minute.
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Even after Duke took a five-point lead, Butler bulldogged back and was within 60-59 in the last minute.
Butler's would-be winning shot 'felt good' but fell short vs. Duke
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They wait until the last minute; they get up at the crack of dawn, as the minicab is waiting outside to go to the airport.
The Sun
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I start my running class today, so I want to make sure I eat something good and not terribly heavy, and I don't want to be wolfing it down at the last minute.
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The smart guys are waiting to the last minute when the touts have to lower their prices.
Times, Sunday Times
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Villa never gave up, however, and in the last minute they took advantage of slack play in our defence to make it 4-3.
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His name is a corruption of "lobotomy, " a nod to a last minute change to the character.
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The thing that tipped it into "backbreaking" was the 5 pound roll of wrapping paper I slid into the basket at the last minute!
Hello hand truck, hello dolly
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The Bavarian was overofficious when he insisted Nuri Sahin retake his penalty – the Turkish midfielder missed, didn't see another blatant penalty for the home side and completely messed up in the last minute of added time when he falsely awarded a Antonio Da Silva free-kick that led to the equaliser.
Köln in meltdown as Zvonimir Soldo is shown the door
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The driver promised to drive me to the railway station, yet he begged off at the last minute.
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Although a busy campaign schedule meant he only stopped in for the main course soupe au pistou with summer vegetables and lamb and passed on the baked stuffed peaches, Ms. Waters managed to slip a fresh peach into the president's hand at the last minute.
Stone-Fruit Salad With Sugared Berries
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Barron invited her to the races and she agreed, but she caught flu and had to cry off at the last minute.
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Sometimes they cancel at the last minute or take calls all the way through lunch.
Blaikie's Guide to Modern Manners
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If you leave your preparation until the last minute , you'll reduce your chances of passing.
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For a moment, I seriously considered trying the lamb's brain concoction, but I was talked out of it by my colleagues at the last minute.
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The driver promised to drive me to the railway station, yet he begged off at the last minute.
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The former mayor was undecided until the very last minute.
Times, Sunday Times
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Get things ready early so that you don't have to rush around at the last minute.
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P. S last minute adjustment I just shot a spike and a bufflehead.
How to miss a deer.
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Another good trick is to shred the iceberg lettuce finely and toss into a stir-fry, a noodle dish or soup at the very last minute before serving, for a lovely ‘soft’ crunch.
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He got cold feet at the last minute.
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Although the centre only really deals with last minute accommodation bookings, they were up by 85 per cent from 16 last year to 31.
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To the last minute of my holding the presidency, I will responsibly do my duty.
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If there is leftover gammon ham, lamb shank, or roast meat around, he suggests you shred it finely and add at the last minute, for the best of all possible borschts.
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A year ago the inpatients ward was threatened with closure but was saved at the last minute when the doctors surgeries agreed to provide cover.
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There's nothing like a stroll immediately before an interview for a spot of last minute boning up on your subject.
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Also, should you require overnight accommodation don't leave the booking until the last minute.
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In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. he becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values. It hasoften been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.
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So why did you wait until the last minute to tell me about it?
Times, Sunday Times
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CFO : Why do these engineers always have a bright idea at the last minute?
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Fears of large-scale coastal flooding were averted as the fierce winds shifted at the last minute.
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We'd planned to go camping but at the last minute Ron finked out.
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At the last minute another company stepped forward with a bid.
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The opera's plot is the typically confusing farrago of unrequited love, disguises, nobility pitted against treachery, and everything set right at the very last minute.
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However, they have not been briefed that in this case the drop zone will be changed at the last minute.
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I was going to enter a belly-dancing contest, but I bottled out at the last minute.
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Don't leave it all until the last minute.
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It was a last minute thought to check the drawer where she had put the torc.
MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
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I got to her her speak, too, and autography my copy and I decided at the last minute to have it autographed for my girls for when they're older.
Dear Santa...
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at the last minute the government changed the rules
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I had fallen into my old bad habit of leaving everything until the last minute.
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As natural-born philosophers, the Greeks knew that when it came to preparing for the Olympics, the last minute was as good as any other.
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He made sure it would be a draw last Sunday when he baffled everyone by not giving a blatant free to Cork in the last minute.
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But nothing, absolutely *nothing* about Crowe's character throughout the movie convinced me that he was the person who would, at the very last minute, turn on a dime, shoot down his own gang and then throw himself in jail out of some weird sense of nobility.
3:10 to Yuma
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At the last minute I decided to go, so I flung a few clothes together and left.
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They certainly won the battle on the terraces, but I'm afraid we didn't do them justice on the field, even though the Eagles had to rely on that last minute goal to snatch the win.
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It's only fair to add that they were not told about the problem until the last minute.
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The drums die away for the last minute of the track and fade into what sounds like a guitar strumming along to a keyboard melody.
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In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. he becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values. It hasoften been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.
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Regulars have wandered in from the pool table by the door, the annoying drunk has stopped yammering and approached the stage for a last minute autograph, and Jolie's mother is busily catering to a line at the merchandise table.
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For most of us, the drafting process goes on until the last minute.
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Realizing its error at the last minute, the magazine just managed to correct the offending headline.
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Cyclists may feel a little more inclined to use the towpath if pedestrians did not walk four abreast and refuse to give way until the last minute and dog walkers kept their dogs on a short lead and cleaned up after their dogs.
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Theo reached inside his jacket, putting the blueprints in his inner vest pocket and pulling out his gloves he had put in at the last minute.
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At the last minute she almost lost her nerve.
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At the last minute, Ginny got a melon from the crisper, scooped out the seeds, and drizzled yogurt on each half.
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She was going to sell her house but had a change of heart at the last minute.
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Amazingly, some wise soul saw fit at the last minute to put me on the 'collaboration' panel (since my two main collab cronies are on the same panel, heh ...)
Armadillocon Final Schedule:
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Aside from the usual troubles with koshers meals gone missing (Lufthansa managed to find some at the last minute, anyway), my suitcase of games gone missing (delivered only after I was filling in a missing bad report), and extreme tiredness, I'm home again.
Back in Jerusalem
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The other option is to wait until the last minute and follow the snow.
Times, Sunday Times
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However, the team called off the performance at the last minute when it became clear that a microlight, and possibly other aircraft, had entered the eight-mile exclusion zone around the airfield.
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The weeks leading up the Christmas break went slowly, filled to the brim with last minute assignments and tests.
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I've been responsible for their online activity, and the whole thing has been a bit of a mare in terms of tweaks and last minute changes and late night shenanigans.
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Some low-cost flights are actually benefiting travelers who decide to maybe snap a bargain at the last minute.
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Unfortunately it was dropped only at the last minute with the result that the witness statements contain inadmissible evidence of details of the contractual negotiations.
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The prisoners' attempt to escape was foiled at the last minute when police received a tip-off.
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I cocked everything up right at the last minute.
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Then he said the car turned towards the pavement but the driver appeared to change her mind at the last minute.
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At the last minute, they tacked on a couple of extra visits to my schedule.
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His brother Robin, 33, crewed the boat at the last minute and left a pregnant wife to grieve and to bring up a child who will never know his father.
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He cancelled his trip to England at the last minute.
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If there is leftover gammon ham, lamb shank, or roast meat around, he suggests you shred it finely and add at the last minute, for the best of all possible borschts.
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Each time you host a party at home, it's a total mess in the kitchen due to last minute preparations.
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Everton substitute Dan Gosling almost had a chance to snatch victoryfor Everton in the last minute but Hahnemann bravely claimed the ballat his feet.
Football.co.uk news feed
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The NBA final of 1998 was a cliff-hanger. Michael Jordan saved Chicago Bull at the last minute and helped the team win the sixth championship.
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These occurrences are equally important for what they indicate about McCain's governing style as they are for their impact upon democratic process: impulsive acts that rely on drama and theatrical posture rather than substantive reasoning and long-term deliberation; a strong willingness to sacrifice substantive reasoning, deliberative process, and even prior structures and agreements to immediate political need; an attempt to reach outcomes through last minute stage management rather than substantive argument.
Obama: Congress "Close To A Deal" On Bailout Package
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But at the last minute, I went with my own thoughts and voted no, in spite of joining such strange bedfellows by so doing.
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(fished is a term relating to doing something last minute)
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In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. he becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values. It hasoften been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.
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This case was a crock from the start, and now they will exploit it to their best advantage politically: against the opponents of the Patriot Act, and at the same time to bolster the “Republicans’ = strength against terrorism claim” just in time to make a few last minute campaign ads.
Think Progress » The Padilla Indictment:
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They're waiting until the last minute to book and cruise lines are panicking and lowering prices.
The Sun
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Eales said the result was sweet revenge for Australia's last minute 39-35 defeat against New Zealand in Sydney last month.
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But then-prime minister Naoto Kan dropped the idea at the last minute to break a logjam on unrelated legislation.
Japan Moves Toward Easing Military Exports Ban
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The demonstration was called off at the last minute.
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they were rescued from despair at the last minute
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The plan/flight had to be aborted at the last minute.
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She's doing some last minute Christmas shopping.
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I'd got myself all psyched up for the interview and then it was called off at the last minute.
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They pulled out of the deal at the last minute leaving us high and dry.
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The former mayor was undecided until the very last minute.
Times, Sunday Times
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Also watch for players trying to make "last minute adjustments."
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Andy joined in at the last minute and clapped her hands together once.
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Merchants are hoping for a crush of last minute shoppers today, and bargain hunters after Christmas to make up for disappointing sales up until now.
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My friend Mouse had got so many tickets they cost (wait for it) £750 and he had rung me in something of a last minute fluster with one going spare.
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McDermott pulled out with an injury at the last minute.
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They failed to deliver a shot on target until the last minute as their home hoodoo continued.
Times, Sunday Times
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In fact, six opposition parties ran candidates (although three pulled out at the last minute).
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The plan/flight had to be aborted at the last minute.
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The Discovery space shuttle is counting down for blast-off, with NASA managers confident that last minute hitches would not delay today's launch.
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At the last minute I decided to go, so I flung a few clothes together and left.
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Her security guard had encouraged her to change cars in the convoy at the last minute.
Times, Sunday Times
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He showed outstanding bravery, pulling his legs up until the very last minute.
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England will wait until the last minute to name their line-up.
The Sun
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In stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some stroke of fortune, but almost always his sense of values is changed. he becomes more appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values. It hasoften been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do.
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Don't wait till the last minute to get it in place.
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Mary: Sniping is when someone makes a bid at the very last minute to steal something for a bargain price.
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So, the usual hassle of a wrong booking or a last minute non-availability of rooms can be avoided.
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Do you think that she'll actually get off the bus this time, or let the FEW fans she has left stand there and wait for hours, in crappy weather just to blow them off at the last minute like she did just recently??
Palin back at crucial campaign stop
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I feel like something flung together at the last minute, something made out of jumble sale cast-offs and things won at fairgrounds.
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The Six are six (and frequently five) down-on-their-luck folk who range from "antihero" to "supervillian, but not right at the moment" who go around committing crimes for pay (and often, balking at the last minute from particular crimes, and thus not getting paid).
Adult Fic, I Read That Too
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His breakfast programme will be live from the city centre as last minute preparations are made for the relay and the station will have a team of commentators along the route.
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He almost missed the turning off the taxiway to the runway and had to brake hard at the last minute.
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The days of renewing your passport at the last minute in time for a holiday may be numbered, the government has warned.
Times, Sunday Times
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Her daughter arranged for the ambulance ride at the last minute after Owen failed to get an absentee ballot.
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Miramax, initially intending to release the movie to compete for the 2002 Oscars, shelved the picture at the last minute after deciding that re-shoots and edits were needed to get it into shape.
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It's only fair to add that they were not told about the problem until the last minute.
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Today is a very special caturday because it's Christmas Eve day, which means you are probably overwhelmed and stressed out with last minute plans and activities.
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He was later invited by a prof I had (who had been kicked out of Bethel years before Piper got my other prof friend kicked out of Bethel) to debate his determinist missiology but Piper declined at the last minute.
News to Me « Unknowing
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The space shuttle is counting down for blast-off, with managers confident that last minute hitches would not delay today's launch.
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The prisoners' attempt to escape was foiled at the last minute when police received a tip-off.
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I was going to do a parachute jump but I wimped out at the last minute.
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Her security guard had encouraged her to change cars in the convoy at the last minute.
Times, Sunday Times
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His vision obscured, only at the last minute did he spot that the fence had been dolled off because it was damaged.
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-- LB Cqulin Hubert, an Iowa State verbal commitment, changed his mind at the last minute and signed with Texas Tech. Hubert was a three-star Rivals. com prospect.
Iowa State - Team Notes
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You can make the first part of the posset a day or so in advance, saving the whipping part for the last minute.
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We squeaked into the final with a goal in the last minute.
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Yudhoyono canceled his state visit Tuesday at the last minute after exiled Moluccan separatists demanded his arrest in an injunction.
World Watch
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He's always begging off at the last minute.
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Germany saved their face by getting 2 points in the last minute and drawing the match.
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I know it's disgraceful, but I go to sleep at the opera, and I sit out the _opera bouffé_ to the last minute, and enjoy it.
Anna Karenina
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Squeeze on fresh lime at the last minute, and pile into warmed pitta with sour cream, guacamole and fresh coriander.
Times, Sunday Times
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We squeaked into the final with a goal in the last minute.
