Example sentences of "be a [num ord] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travel agents say there 's been a last minute rush for holidays abroad … with the weather here looking distinctly dismal … |
| 2 | ‘ When you expect a deal to happen they may tell you there has been a last minute problem and the people either providing the funds or the guarantee either require a non-performance bond to be put up or require some kind of payment up front to prove you really mean business . |
| 3 | If there has to be a last minute addition to the contract after the document has been prepared and is awaiting exchange , it could be written into the draft contract before exchange , or some reference to it could be added to the contract so long as all that was done with the authority of the parties who signed it . |
| 4 | The visit is understood to be a last minute arrangement . |
| 5 | Erm , we 've got some publicity material produced , posters we intend doing several displays county hall , headquarters , all police stations will have posters sent out to them , probably libraries will be circulated with them , er it 's a last minute job typical we only just found about it , we do what we can we need some sort of press exercise do n't we you know . |
| 6 | The caller from the agency may plead and cajole you into agreeing to accept the job , especially if it is a last minute booking and they are desperate for someone . |
| 7 | Blissett 's 15th goal of the season was a 67th minute header . |
| 8 | It was a 63rd minute goal from Frank Pingel which kept the European champions on course for the World Cup finals . |
| 9 | The album was originally to be called ‘ The Hand That Rocks The Cradle ’ but there was a last minute rethink at Rough Trade . |
| 10 | There was a last minute injury scare for Richard Dunwoody , rider of Wo n't Be Gone Long . |
| 11 | THERE WAS a last minute surprise for Beeton Rumford Chef , Gareth Webster ( above right ) , during the Royal Windsor Horse Show . |
| 12 | It was a 21st minute moment of magic which delighted the home fans and seemed to stun Middlesbrough , who had started the game with more purpose and menace . |