Sentence examples similar to last minute draft from inspiring English sources
Humphrey's nomination as the Democratic candidate for president was no surprise, though the news media had made much of a last-minute draft attempt for Sen. Ted Kennedy; after a couple of days, the Massachusetts senator asked that his name not be placed in nomination.
It's only now, after rehearsals, that new bits like the last-minute drafting-in of ex-Formula 1 racing drivers have been hastily arranged: "The show's done, so we've got time to fuck around".
The plane crash that killed Senator Paul Wellstone a week ago and the last-minute drafting of Walter F. Mondale, the former vice president, to replace him on the Democratic line has spawned a series of challenges for election officials in a state proud of its smooth voting system.
In Hawkwind, he was a speed freak in a band of acid heads, a bassist who'd never touched the instrument before he was drafted in last minute to cover a festival.
At this point, I was happily working with a new director who was brought on at the last minute, but on delivering my final draft I was presented with the director's own version, which he'd done in secret over the weekend.
But his calligraphic accomplishments are of no use when he is drafted, at the last minute, to take the minutes at an important meeting in which the mayor announces a self-aggrandizing archeological initiative.
We succeeded because of our outstanding troops, our outstanding troops, many of whom were drafted in at the last minute.
The Cleveland Cavaliers will be the first team on the clock during the 2013 NBA Draft, provided they don't trade the pick at the last minute.
He agreed three times to earlier drafts of the deal only to back out at the last minute.
