We weren't planning to meet again until the eve of the election.
But even on the eve of the election, the answer was not entirely clear.
The total number of candidates was announced on election eve as 1,876, including 11 women.
But he saved his best card for the very eve of the election.
And the eve of the election was an obvious time to strike.
By election eve it had shrunk to five points, and perhaps even less.
On the eve of the 2008 election, the comparable figure was almost four fifths-79 per cent.
Collins later called off the pact on the eve of the election.
Gray was shown attending church with his wife on the eve of the election.
I'll be with him on election eve, smiling and waving.