last-minute

I'm so glad that I was there to get tickets, It was the last minute and I got the last ones available.

so I filled in for him and then, and then it was like the last minute that he canceled, like the last minute, so. . .

The plan was dropped at the last minute when it became clear it had been leaked, the official said.

Our correspondent said a Taliban leader had been due to attend the meeting but dropped out in the last minute citing health reasons.

I made up my mind about President Putin a few months ago, but it was only at the last minute that he sat down for an interview.

Even so, and despite last-minute quarrels, Hamas and Fatah appear now to be trying to stand together against their Israeli foe.

"What I would like from our fans is to be behind the team until the last day, the last minute, of the season, " said Wenger.

It has been very busy. For the life of me I can't understand why everything is left to the last minute but that's normally what happens.

Encouraged by my friends, however, I made a last-minute decision to give it a try.

Last minute preparations. In a little while there was a knock on the door.

His last minute attempts to keep control have continued this sequence beyond the limit of what should have been a natural ending.

Seif al-Islam, one of his seven sons, appeared on television in the early hours of Monday, promising to "fight to the last minute" .

Revolutions should be like book readings at San Wei Bookstore: once a week, with the location chosen at the last minute.

Though our decision to volunteer there for a week was made at the very last minute, I nevertheless had high hopes for this camp.

It wouldn't be playing fair if you were to break your promise at the last minute.

Some are saying they went all day without bids, and underbidders got their items for a steal due to lack of last-minute bidding.

The exam is going to be hell for those who procrastinated and did not begin studying until the last minute.

I wanted to tell the director what I thought, but I chickened out at the last minute.

So it is curious and even remarkable that he took the last-minute decision to add Jordan to a European trip next week.

At the last minute, Dinkins' trip had to be put off to a later date, because the money raised for it from private contributors fell short.

We got there a few minutes late but there were still crowds of people outside trying to get last minute tickets.

Yes. But I haven't been keeping up in French class. I'm trying to cram a lot of knowledge into my brain at the last minute.

Capello denied that keeping everyone guessing about his line-up right up to the last minute had affected his goalkeeper's preparation.

Tony Blair spent most of his prime ministership running around the issue of nuclear power (at the last minute deciding it was all right).

I feel I have to come and I come anyway and then what I need manifests at the last minute into a perfect place.

Mr. Kan's victory margin was surprisingly large after media surveys had, until the last minute, portrayed the race as too close to call.

He sat in front of the T. V. all morning and then right before we had to leave, he made a last minute dash to get ready.

Imagine someone always leaving stuff to the last minute and madly running around trying to get everything done on time?

She had made a suicide pact with a man who changed his mind at the last minute and left the car, the police said.

At the last minute, Nebraska offered the company an extra million dollars and I lost the deal.

The representative not only arrived at the last minute but did not have all the proper documents with him.

Liu, he was injured and pulled out in Beijing at the last minute a year ago.

Mr. Flowers and a team of bankers were trying to arrange a last-minute buyout of Bear Stearns Cos. , the struggling investment bank.

Not preparing for a therapy session or waiting until the last minute may inadvertently make it more difficult to talk.

When I saw the ball in the net in the last minute, with Valencia needing to score two, it was like a golden goal.

I'm afraid I can't switch schedules with you at the last minute. You have to at least let me know ahead of time.

Officials said the divisions were serious, but it was unclear whether they were simply last-minute jockeying.

But relying on allies who do not wish to come forward until the last minute is always a nerve-racking proposition.

Perhaps, by holding out on cuts until the last minute, Latin American countries will get more concessions from rich countries.

Now, the interesting thing about this is when I take the lines away, it's as if you haven't learned anything in the last minute.

Linda was to have started the experiment a month ago, but she changed her mind at the last minute.

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.

The poor girl had seen that her grandmother smiled at her in Heaven at the last minute of her life.

Tanner is in no way only heard this suggestion, he started with a view to the original at the last minute to save his drama class.

At the last minute, rattled as he was, I could see him jumping off the train and scooting back to her.

In a separate incident a failed Chinese male asylum seeker made a last minute dash for freedom when he realised he was to be detained.

International monitors say the last-minute changes increased voter turnout, but did not undermine the elections legitimacy.

Due to no family burden, the single staff will be expected to work late, to go on business trip and to take the task of the last minute.

And on top of all that, they want help getting their children into certain schools and getting last-minute concert tickets, he said.

She promised she'd help me but she wormed out of it at the last minute.

Participants and organizers of what was to be China's first gay pageant expressed disappointment at the last-minute cancellation.

But at the very last minute, frozen by the wind, I joined the rest of my family.

Bill was going to ask Lisa out on date, but he chickened out at the last minute.

I volunteered to do a parachute jump to raise money for charity but I got cold feet at the last minute and didn't to through with it.

You may run out of time as you get closer to month's end, so don't put off holiday preparations until the last minute.

If it looked too good to be true, Spurs had no time to think about that, and just about managed to rush through a last-minute deal.

Painstaking to the point of mania, he often cast his ballets at the last minute, usually after trying out several dancers in each role.

The Apple "Let's talk iPhone" event is just two days away, and up-to-the-last minute rumors have been rampant.

As a consistent habit of life, regular discipline is of far greater value to any athlete than last-minute preparation.

At the last minute Johnny came out of the blue to catch the pass and score a touchdown.

We've both gone over the terms and had agreed that. . . you best have a good reason for trying to change things at the last minute.

The last-minute denial came less than a week before the sold-out shows were set to begin.

Kind of important to be throwing in at the last minute. Don't you think?

Mother's day is around the corner and I hope you are not leaving the gift shopping for the last minute.

I always seem to put things off till the last minute.

"Last season we were scoring last minute goals but this time Dirk hit the post and it wasn't to be, " he said.

and I should not be surprised if he appeared before us at the last minute.

There was a last-minute surge by tens of thousands of Zimbabweans as the deadline drew to a close.

Waiting until the last minute means the couple will be stuck paying for your meal, making them very unsympathetic to your fictional illness.

Then a last-minute reprieve came in the jagged shape of a lightening flash across the sky.

Let us hope that this summer of extremes is a last-minute wake-up call to policy makers, the corporate world, and citizens alike.

You try to avoid succumbing to a superstition, but then at the last minute you decide to follow through, just for good measure.

Hopefully she won't break it at the last minute, but be prepared for that as well.

Bad weather forced Mission Control to call off today's scheduled launch of Discovery at the last minute.

People are always last-minute confession of life in the past, regret their goals did not materialize.

Arafat was famous for waiting until the very last minute to make a decision, or five minutes to midnight as we used to say.

But he waited and waited and announced at the last minute that he would not run for president.

One of their errands before deploying is to stop at the Soldier Readiness Processing Centre for last-minute medical and dental checks.

But it was not, thanks to a piece of last-minute opportunism by the most expensively acquired player in the history of French football.

Though the deal was postponed at the last minute by a row with a regional Indian leader, it now looks set to go ahead.

It was a busy trip and a last minute decision, the plane delayed also so we were quite anxious about everything.

An earlier vote, scheduled in December, was abandoned after the two shareholders decided to increase their offer at the last minute.

Or, if you trusted an investor, you may have been let down at the last minute when the money was not delivered.

Max: George, I would have told you, but you were away. I had to make a last minute decision. I was fortunate to enter them at all.

The lesson of this story is: Don't wait to until the last minute to tell someone how you really feel.

But her supervisor appointed her to the new job at the eleventh hour -- at the very last minute.

The FA were forced into a last-minute repair job after tens of thousands of Wembley flags were printed with the wrong teams on.

Molly : You're such a procrastinator. Even at Christmas time, you leave everything to the last minute.

Observers in Istanbul have wondered all weekend why some grandstands, built with multicoloured seats, had been covered at the last minute.

At the end of the story, in a volcanic eruption, captain nemo "at the last minute, " Duncan command to save their yachts.

Still, any were the result of last-minute technical glitches and not the thought of driving nearly five times the speed limit.

At the last minute, not long before the party met to hear our campaign speeches, Taunton filed.

I got butterflies in my stomach . Now , I could have a good rest for 10 min . But anyhow, I'm not the last minute person. Believe it or not.

Also, booking hotels and flights at the last minute can be very stressful.

One of clients requires a in-store digital sign for a last minute project. We would need a quick turnaround on this project.

These tips are meant to help you at the last minute, not to give you a reason to not study beforehand.

She was determined that I should be impressed. on the 24th, my wife and I were asked to join the kids for some last-minute shopping.

That Mr Humala has waited until the last minute before naming his cabinet is testimony of these internal battles.

"Like my hairdresser to see if she has a last-minute appointment or my parents to say I'm dropping by. "

Tom was invited to the reunion party and he came up with a date at the last minute.

Was originally staying in to do teaching assistants, but at the last minute by a 500 strong enterprises is still paid to poach.

Ready. What would I say to the boys in The Place if I came all this way only to give up at the last minute?

But God get people, hate and love are often intertwined, and at the last minute of the moment in the end it is to kill or pardon?

Putting things off until the last minute is one of the tips for prioritizing tasks.

"He's all we've got, " said Quincel, rolling up his eyes. "Harrison went back on me at the last minute. Who else can we get ? "

Whether it's setting up a new trading partner quickly or time-critical new data fields, last-minute extensions are a real-world necessity.

Don't count on her, she always cops out at the last minute and makes everyone do all the work.

The company put together the components as requested at the last minute before delivery.

You can download them here. I hope you enjoy this little tutorial and that it inspires you to create your own last-minute postcard!

Employees need to realize that it's not in waiting till the last minute when all is said and done that concerns should be raised.

Leave it to the last minute and you may end up with a very expensive, yet disappointing arrangement.

Effectual or not, last minute cramming is always necessary before exam!

Furthermore, Mr Abubakar says he was illegally excluded from the poll until the very last minute, preventing him from campaigning.

To get a last minute winner is always great and you could see at the end just what that result meant to our supporters and the players.

"In short, we were able to get all our demands in, including a last minute adjustment to the penalties section, " he added.

"Our city's energy efficiency work has no element of being a last-minute rush, " it begins somewhat defensively.

The announcement came at the very last minute, just as the rules for foreign journalists were expiring .

I've seen venture capital firms change their mind at the last minute--even after shaking hands and celebrating a negotiated set of terms.

To avoid the last minute greeting rush is to have all your envelopes addressed before Thanksgiving.

At the last minute, the two youngest children decided to go along.

Start looking for small, practical gifts throughout the year instead of waiting until the last minute, when you're more likely to overspend.

A prolonged voting season requires a sustained effort, not just a last-minute frenzy of phone calls and ads.

At the last minute, he was told to stay away. The reason he was given was the weather.

Another daughter Eleanor, decided with her husband to do likewise. She died; he backed out at the last minute.

Leaving important things to the last minute reduces the risk of wasting time on things that may ultimately prove not important at all.

If GE's industrial businesses fell short of the mark, the company's finance arm would stage a last-minute sale of assets to close the gap.

Iphigenia was placed before the goddess' altar but Artemis took her away at the last minute, putting a red deer in her place.

The South Koreans, in particular, were privately furious at Washington for moving the drill at the last minute to the Sea of Japan.

Ronan has offered to teach the British band some last-minute dance moves to help improve the show.

The prisoners'attempt to escape was foiled at the last minute when police received a tip-off.

Her daughter arranged for the ambulance ride at the last minute after Owen failed to get an absentee ballot.

Make study a part of this daily routine: teach your child to pace their study, rather than cramming at the last minute.

Dad calls at the last minute and expects me to change my plans in order to be with him.

But anyhow, I'm not the last minute person. Believe it or not. See you all tomorrow.

At the last minute, though, several friends and supporters who were planning to go insisted that I join them.

In 1976, as a young governor, Jerry entered the late primaries and won several of them in a last-minute effort to stop Jimmy Carter.

(The folks who like to wait until the last minute 'to be sure' end up paying for the privilege).

It was like him to fail us at the last minute .

One man had to defend voting absentee at the last minute, without having applied in advance, as the law required.

And, while I'd like to say I feel sick, I don't. Not unless pre wedding nerves, last-minute jitters, and horrific amounts of stress count.

He added that the last-minute negotiations had necessitated the "personal involvement of the [Russian] prime minister" .

Not bad for a venue which almost didn't happen at all. The previous promoters pulled out at the last minute.

In Australia, private-equity firms pulled out at the last minute from the country's biggest takeover, complaining of the high cost of debt.

He arrived early to help tend to the last-minute details and prepare gift bags for the guests.

It is not as if we remember the facts that we stuffed into our heads at the very last minute.

Mobile calls are for last-minute planning or to co-ordinate travel and meetings.

But its politicians now show themselves similarly addicted to kicking the can down the road at the last minute.

That would have been a catastrophe. So Helen, are you the kind of person who likes to do things at the very last minute?

The investors backed out of contract at the last minute. So we couldn't go ahead with the building.

Unless you plan to have a party centered around the kitchen (or BBQ), you don't want to be tied to last minute preparations.

There was a script change, because Xiao Shenyang was added at the last minute.

And if you arrive too late , you may find yourself racing in the door , your heart already pounding from a last -minute dash .

But at the last minute, Hill was granted a stay of execution by the U. S. Supreme Court.

the northeastern corner there busy up to the last minute.

it--it was just a last minute thing.

Three times Mr Saleh has at the last minute balked at signing a peace deal allowing for his peaceful exit in exchange for immunity.

Powell's old rival Lewis withdrew from the long jump competition at the last minute.

This last-minute hitch rather thwarted the earlier regulatory due diligence carried out on behalf of Prudential by lawyers Slaughter & May.

The driver promised to drive me to the railway station, yet he begged off at the last minute.

We should really try to do better about waiting until the last minute to fill orders that are usually made on a monthly basis.

Well, sorry I have to run, but I must attend some last-minute meetings in New York before the U. N. conference starts.

We have just a few more days here in Stockholm, so I guess you might as well buy what you need now. I hate last minute shopping.

Kobe is a killer, he is always in the last minute of the match winning opponent.

I'm not the last minute person. Believe it or not. See you all tomorrow.

At the last minute the man swings the vehicle away, puts his foot down and detonates the propane canisters packed into the car.

Still, a last-minute deal might come off as a well-received rescue of a bank that was on the verge of disappearing on Monday.

The next night, after a day working on last-minute business, I gave a brief farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office.

No one can be pure and simple until the last minute. However, don't forget your nature.

The agreement to publish an OECD blacklist of tax havens within hours of the end of the summit was a last-minute bonus, officials said.

Thank to this stick. It helped us to set up fire and manage the fire. But we had to burn it at the last minute.

The values are hardcoded and the load average from the last minute is always used.

The practical and procedural politics of the UN is trickier, but unless the last-minute negotiations deliver something dramatic.

I don't think they are going to pull out of the deal at the last minute.

and she had to jet to Paris at the last minute, so it's all on me.

Counter, also known as merchandise rack, tells visitors about new products or services to promote last minute sales or market materials.

Teams that leave tool selection to the last minute find that they do not have enough time to train everyone in their effective use.

Every one thinks that you will pretend to be cruel until the last minute.

I've never been more anxious to keep space and time open. . . for Sunday morning Mimosas or a last-minute adventure.

But then rationalization set in. A new message arrived, announcing that they'd all been spared at the last minute.

She'll try it the next time her boss hands her a last-minute project.

Ratings agencies did not hide their disappointment with the plan, which was watered down at the last minute.

I will flake on you. Tell you at the last minute that my cousin is in town and I have to show her around, yeah, that's a good one.

The vote was the focus of a last-minute onslaught from the US health insurance industry.

It was the last minute that a patriotic general donated enough money to finance the trip for the two runners and their coach .

The sudden halt means new-car showrooms are likely to be flooded by last-minute shoppers over the weekend. Dealers have until 8 p. m.

IOC (until 8th high noon) was still attempting until the last minute to let them register, but does not have the result.

According to the paramedics and the journalists that surrounded her, Omayra was strong until the last minute of her life.

And before you head out the door for the airport, do some last-minute checking.

They're the ones in the back of the gymnasium, frantically writing to the last minute and choking under the pressure of an egg timer.

The transfer was verbally agreed between all parties but stalled at the last minute, apparently because Falcao demanded higher wages.

In July, it pulled its rating on a high-profile commercial-mortgage securities deal at the last minute, angering underwriters and investors.

Loading of this processor, averaged over the last minute, in Percent.

"What one doesn't do is wait until the last minute so that everyone is rushed, " he said.

He has long been used to last-minute decisions.

Do your homework when you get it. Do not wait until the last minute.

It's a bad habit to put off things until the last minute.

EXAMPLE: We had to check all the details carefully because we didn't want everything to go kablooey at the last minute.

Ash rushes to enter himself at the last minute, and meets Casey, an old opponent.

Devaluation was seen as a national humiliation, so was resisted until the last minute.

At the last minute, he remembered he had a priest in the truck and swerved back onto the road.

The ramifications are clear: You'll need to be very organized but also flexible when your priorities change at the last minute.

He lost confidence and backed out of the deal at the last minute.

Last-minute concessions had been made to disaffected groups to win their support.

The ice-cream lady walked slowly up the aisle , her head turning this way and that in search of last-minute customers .

But if you believe all the gossip, the Old Lady of Turin would be wasting her time with last minute marriage proposals.

Mr . Smith was held up at the last minute , so he asked me to come on his behalf.

Likewise about a Caribbean escape: you'll get more pleasure if you book a flight in advance than if you book it at the last minute.

Community staff are not involved in the process until the last minute and people feel uninformed about their discharge arrangements.

A "fight to life the last minute left by the person" of "political wills" , its energy is not taken lightly.

After wards, we were supposed to go to Xian Foreign Language University to do another meet and greet but it got canceled at the last minute.

Cliff Hanger: These people thrive on excitement, delay everything to the last minute and usually need a deadline to complete anything.

I always seem to do things last minute, but I am always thinking of starting the task as soon as possible, before the due date.

If I wait for the last minute, I know I'll panic! P: Yeah, preparation is key.

You're always rushing at the last minute; even though you've promised yourself countless times that you wouldn't let this happen again.

You make plans to go outside with friends. But at the last minute, it starts raining. What's your reaction ?

Was this yet another case of people irresponsibly leaving things until the last minute?

But at last minute, injunction of the court has banned the police from doing so. So they are waiting on the sidelines.

Unconvinced , some Olympic teams are staying away from Beijing until the last minute.

You can see that it came at a tremendous speed, last minute opened its mouth. . .

Every morning, girls in my room got up early to prepare classes, whereas xiang wen and i would never rise untill the last minute.

Though it was a long walk, the youngsters held up until the last minute.

Later, however, ran the program revision, the last minute to put me and two of the Peas song has been canceled.

For most, due to their circumstances, this will result in a plan to dash to safety at the last minute.

This counter reports the number of jobs launched within the last minute.

The rubber-stamp meeting that announced Jang's promotion was called in a last-minute special session, hinting at a battle to the wire.

Like Henry's speech, the arrival of the formidable Elvish archers of the last minute, inspires the defenders of Helm's Deep.

englishtang. com The execution drew widespread criticism in Europe, where politicians and activists made last-minute pleas for a stay.

Some employees gathered today to make sure all the last-minute express packages got delivered in time for the holiday.

Larry: Barcelona should have won it with that great shot on goal in the last minute.

But Bryan Whitman, Pentagon spokesman, said China had denied the visit at the last minute with no explanation.

This will prevent that frantic last-minute scouring of the house as you look for lost items.

So the house is spotless and you've dug out that horrendous photo of her. Time to practice the last minute tactics.

Peter always waits until the last minute to do his work. I could never leave it down to the wire like that .

In that same round, the U. S. team needed last-minute heroics to beat Brazil and advance.

The two sides were described as close to an agreement, but last-minute disagreements torpedoed the talks.

He made a last-minute decision.

Kate had planned to travel to Paris alone to acquire an import-export company, but at the last minute she asked Brad to accompany her.

Fortunately, I caught the train at the last minute.

But the latter aspects were eased in last-minute horse-trading and banks are already finding ways to get around the former.

But with many travel companies cutting prices at the last minute, early booking can penalize consumers who pay in advance.

Georg, I would've told you but you were away. I had to make a last-minute decision.

Waiting until the last minute to start a difficult task can also be used as a defense for poor performance.

I'm not the last minute person. Believe it or not.

Barring any last-minute spec bugs, the final recommendations are expected to be released within weeks, not months.

A shooter and I were heading into Jersey to do some videowork for a client, a last-minute job.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's first trip to China has been postponed at the last minute at the request of the host country.

Everything is left to the last minute because everyone can be reached immediately, no matter where they are.

The relevant clauses in the 2003 act were passed by Parliament, but never came into law because of a last-minute government manoeuvre.

I added the olives on a high-calorie whim at the last minute, and they crop up, bleak and oily surprises, among the noodles.

However, at the last minute, Mr Karmazin rustled up another deal, which grants his heavily indebted firm a reprieve.