last minute

Example Sentences

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"When you are driving there are times you don't see them until the very last minute and these, with the cars bigger, it's harder to swerve out of the way."

From BBC

By comparison, Liverpool have won three matches with last minute or injury-time goals, with two of them coming in the first four games of the season.

From BBC

The table fills with supermarket vegetables, tubs of hummus, bags of chips, brownies purchased at the last minute.

From Salon

"It really was very, very last minute. Now, rather than planning on putting anything in yet, they are creating contingency plans."

From BBC

Drake played two shows at Manchester's Co-Op Live Arena last July, but a third was postponed at the last minute due to "unforeseen ferry schedule and travel logistics".

From BBC