"
At the last minute?" he echoed, betraying his surprise that she should ever have considered the alternative possible.
The Age of Innocence
His punctuality is well known; he never arrives too soon, or too late; and I should not be surprised if he appeared before us
at the last minute."
Around The World In Eighty Days
take this gentleman's luggage -- Dover line twelve o'clock train -- that's it," and without waiting for another word Jerry wheeled me round to make room for other cabs that were dashing up
at the last minute, and drew up on one side till the crush was past.
Black Beauty
It was hard getting into my dress alone, and I hadn't time to eat but a mouthful, and just
at the last minute, when I honestly--HONESTLY --would have thought about clearing away and locking up, I looked at the clock and knew I could hardly get back to school in time to form in the line; and I thought how dreadful it would be to go in late and get my first black mark on a Friday afternoon, with the minister's wife and the doctor's wife and the school committee all there!"
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm
Kala Nag had no tusks; the chain was the badge of his authority; but for all that, he swung wide of Moti Guj
at the last minute, and tried to appear as if he had brought the chain out for amusement.
From Mine Own People
And
at the last minute she left a message for him, to be transmitted by Tarzan of the Apes.
Tarzan of the Apes
"It's because it warn't INTENDED for any of us to come but Tom," he says; "but I begged and begged, and
at the last minute she let me come, too; so, com- ing down the river, me and Tom thought it would be a first-rate surprise for him to come here to the house first, and for me to by and by tag along and drop in, and let on to be a stranger.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
At the last minute, when the social machine was clogged hopelessly, one member or other of the family poured in a drop of oil.
A Room With A View
At the last minute I saw the great blades move to reverse her, yet on she came as though drawn by some mighty, irresistible power.
Warlord of Mars
At the last minute there was some delay while we sought a name for her.
Pellucidar
"No," she replied; "
at the last minute he determined to drive his machine back to New York.
The Return of Tarzan
In college, the papers got written
at the last minute.
Last Minute Insurance Shopping Woes
Exclusive figures show University Hospitals of Leicester cancelled 1,634 operations
at the last minute in 2017/18 - the equivalent of 4.5 a day.
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'I guess shopping
at the last minute is quite a Malaysian culture,' she joked.
With three days left, parents throng bookshops and malls for 'back to school' shopping
"We were not going to get each other gifts this year, but he decided to buy me something
at the last minute.
Jingle tills: Shoppers flood North East high streets for last minute Christmas gifts; Loved ones turned out in their droves in Newcastle city centre on the final weekend before Christmas to buy their final gifts