If the milestone is never reached, or is reached, but too late, the acquirer pays nothing.
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The puck trickled behind Fleury and was swept in by John Tavares, but too late.
Not too late to file, but too late to wash away the cumulative impression.
We heard beavers splash twice, but turned too late to see them, and saw no other people.
He stamped on his brake and swerved, and the car slewed, screeching sideways, but surely too late.
Ground forces were eventually sent in, but too few and too late to find and destroy the missiles.
Many growers fight back but often too late to overcome the damage done to a brand or industry.
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But far too late to do anything about the company, which went bankrupt, or its 85, 000 employees, who lost their jobs.
Another saga of screwups revolves around the delayed PlayStation 3, finally launched in mid-November but probably too late to make a mark on the holiday season.
Like a cartoon character who notices that he's no longer standing on solid ground and suddenly begins to fall, I reached over to save, but was too late.
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Jobs, eventually, saw that too, but it was too late.
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Martin Landau (actor) plays a professor who takes an interest in Mike's skills as a card player, but realizes too late that he's not much of a law student.
On the same night, but way too late for any east coaster, is the first ranked CFB matchup of the season with Oregon vs Boise State -- also happens to be the only tough game on Boise's schedule, gotta love CFB.
But late - admittedly too late - in the campaign, something clicked.
Ryan Cross scored late on to give the Aussies hope but it was too late.
In weak, rich economies the danger is not too little too late, but too much too soon.
Action on tied houses is being promised, but it is too late for some.
Fire officials said a crew responded quickly, but it was too late to save them.
Police and medical personnel took over when they arrived, West said, but it was too late.
But it came too late for them to push for a losing bonus point.
Mose yelled at Strange to swim to the rocks, but it was too late.
They quickly rushed him to the nearby UCLA Medical Center, but it was too late.
But they come too late for the dead of Littleton, and for all the gun victims before them.
Another leader was found but it was too late to get another permit.
They tried to resuscitate her for 45 minutes, but it was too late.
By then Sabathia had settled in, but it was too late against Moore.
Some reinforcements were sent in to help them but they arrived too late.
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United goalie Bill Hamid dove to his left but it was too late.
Eventually, though, he was completely cleared and exhonerated of all blame but it was too late for the Tour.
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