"Well, I'm not on a turn today," said Piemur with the air of a last minute reprieve.

A last minute reprieve by General Franco saves their lives in the last minute, commuting the sentence.

Unlike Burrows who did not care whether he was to be executed, Tacklyn thought he'd get a "last minute" reprieve.

He looked like a condemned man granted a last minute reprieve.

No investigating headlights: no chance of a last minute reprieve.

Will be crossing everything in the hope of a last minute reprieve.

Cash was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging, but a last minute reprieve saw him sentenced to transportation for life at Norfolk Island.

If you're waiting for a last minute reprieve, my dear Pitt, you're wasting your time.

I felt like a condemned man given a last minute reprieve.

A chance for a last minute reprieve came when all rounder Shane Watson was injured before the tournament.