without a minute to spare

Ella and Brigit ran the entire way to the Vision Tower, arriving without a minute to spare.

There's nothing like making your flight connection without a minute to spare and realizing you didn't eat.

Of course, last-minute switches like that require a lot of work backstage to make them go smoothly — for instance, Ms. Opolais had to be fitted into a costume without a minute to spare.

Waving goodbye to his mother at the garage, he hopped into his souped-up green Jaguar and whooshed down the highway like a man without a minute to spare.

Calling a carriage, he went directly to his office, where he left a brief explanatory note for the clerk, written on the way, then drove with all possible speed to the depot, arriving on time but without a minute to spare.