I thought you'd make a last-minute attempt to reach me, and start a new argument.

Bullets rang against the floor tiles in a last-minute attempt to target Seven before he dropped out of sight.

Penlez was given a proper burial after a last-minute attempt to save him failed.

The Senate was expected to vote today, but the bill ran into difficulties late tonight with some last-minute Republican attempts to amend it.

The car survived four last-minute attempts to bump it out of the 33-car lineup for the race next Sunday.

The candidates' last-minute attempts to woo voters worried about illegal foreign immigration have also become more direct.

Is it intended as a last-minute attempt to point the way into the real world for the new graduates?

It came after a day of hectic, last-minute attempts to reach a compromise.

Some family members said the belated apology seemed like a last-minute attempt to win a reduced sentence.

A last-minute attempt to delay the referendum was turned down by the High Court.