Example sentences of "[noun sg] the last " in BNC.

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1 ln that case the last clause — ‘ in that land were we born ’ — is no patriotic bugle-note , but rather a flat acknowledgement of what can not be helped .
2 For example you could use the letter P , in which case the last two lines might be : " It 's my patience , you brat , so come here and take that ! "
3 The whole kaleidoscope is there in the memory : how proud we were of our daughter Sara 's acting ability , at junior school , at senior and at college ; and of our younger , very shy son , who managed a one-line walk-on part the last year in junior school , but wrote , acted in , sang in and played for a satirical revue at University .
4 Chairman the last one first I fully accept the defence er request that er the telephone numbers , contact points and names for our three agent authorities are necessary and make
5 But Harry spoke a bit the last time we went , he said So what hire a car .
6 I if I was a building the last thing I would want would be people gawping at me .
7 There would n't be an I R A only for internment the last time .
8 When he is sentenced to gaol he pleads in mitigation that he ‘ might have been a better citizen if I 'd had the levels ’ , to a Judge who did n't understand what he was saying , and of course the last page sees him studying for ‘ the levels ’ in prison .
9 This last issue is of course the last link in the chain leading to high vulnerability to depression .
10 The lightning replied and then at last retired leaving the dull thunder the last fading word .
11 Lawrence bowling the last ball of this over and it 's a bouncer and gets underneath it , he 's six , DaSilva is eighteen , it 's a hundred and eighteen for three and after a word for big it will be Brian Johnston .
12 Shit the last time yeah , the last time I was there I was so fucked , I had what a pint of cider , we did Tequila shots
13 Yanto went on to tell Billy about his experience the last time he had used Selwyn 's lavatory .
14 One of the most important contributions that Syremont has made to art conservation is that of Leonardo da Vinci 's brilliant masterpiece the Last Supper on the wall of the church of Santa Maria delle Gracie in Milan ( Chem .
15 I first started to go when they were getting promotion to the second division the last few matches in the third division .
16 Good grief THE LAST OF ENGLAND Ted Walker Jonathan Cape , £13.99 Janet Barron
17 And another thing you have n't paid me for shoeing the horse the last time . ’
18 About 20 minutes ' worth of space-age special effects were created for the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter .
19 Each of these steps must be an improvement , or , bearing in mind the last section , at least not a deterioration .
20 She had to drive her overheating car the last 18 miles , Beryl claimed .
21 In the Gold Coast the last sentiment was potentially practical politics , for mass politicisation had begun among two important sections of the people of the coast , the cocoa farmers and the ex-servicemen : indeed , the cocoa farmers had first flexed their muscles in 1937 when they refused to sell to the European firms who bought 98 per cent of their crop ( fixing the market ) and also imposed a boycott on European imports .
22 Was n't there a big fuss though because there was n't enough effort made on the bilingual side the last survey we did ?
23 During the month of July , the third subscription ticket offer is for the repertory season of four thrillers , beginning with A Murder Has Been Arranged , from July 7–11 , Deadly Nightcap by Francis Durbridge from July 14–18 , Peril at End House by Agatha Christie which runs from July 21–25 , and her spinning tale of adventure the Spiders Web the last week of July .
24 just just just finished no more course work the last course work I 'm ever going to do , she says Erm I 've got a hundred and twenty pieces you can help me mark . .
25 After three years ' work the last consignment of nuclear fuel rods has been removed .
26 PLYMOUTH MUSEUM & ART GALLERY The last self-portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds -regarded by many as his finest — is among a small group of 17th and 18th-century paintings loaned from the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle .
27 After small parts in movies like Roxanne , Hollywood Shuffle and Colors , his much-anticipated major feature debut in the schlockbuster The Last Boy Scout was a big disappointment .
28 Sorry bout the last msg …
29 So however And then you start you 've got to start and use very little polish and very little methylated spirits and what we call to work out the the all that oil has to be lifted out and it 's you dra it 's you work in circles and work in circles cos that fills in the pores and then near when you 're on maybe bout the last th th takes about three or four coats you know , working on it All depends just how how how long it takes to get it filled up .
30 No , you had help the last
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