Example sentences of "[prep] last [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeley , who cost £250,000 from Brighton in August 1990 , last played for Oldham in the final match of last the 1991/92 season , when he conceded five goals to Manchester City . |
| 2 | Leaving until last the one which he knew was from Madeleine , he opened Aubrey 's . |
| 3 | I had just been reading in the Daily Minute about the string of beatings and manslaughters in Rosalind Court : the night before last a Jap computer expert and a German dentist had been found in a parking lot with their faces stomped off . |
| 4 | When at last a waiter said ‘ Your table is ready , ’ Sara looked at her watch again and found that it was nine-fifteen . |
| 5 | Again it should be seen as close and calculated that the shawl which wraps the head in shame at first , becomes at last a green emblem of mercy . |
| 6 | The ringing seemed to go on and on and when at last a voice answered it took Jinny by surprise . |
| 7 | He struck a fine short iron over the bunker and right into the heart of the green at the 12th , and at last a putt found its mark from perhaps eight feet . |
| 8 | First impressions are of a compact unit , encased in a heavy-duty rubber wrist pod , with clearly readable figures on its LCD display and one actuating button underneath the screen — at last a move away from water activated ‘ touch-type ’ buttons . |
| 9 | At last a story was circulated by a sailor , George Hassel , who swore a statement before the Mayor of Liverpool that he had met , in the town of Beverley , Massachusetts , a youth known as Jeffrey , who otherwise styled himself ‘ The Governor of Sombrero ’ . |
| 10 | Now at last a brazen middle-aged hussy I inveigled my way right into the engine room , sweating with delight as I sketched shining brass , ratcheted levers and big end bearings . |
| 11 | I HAVE burned the midnight oil scanning the arid wastes of computer programming manuals , but at last a publisher has come up with a series of inexpensive , factually sound but palatable titles which aim to introduce the beginner to the fun that can be had with calculators , computers and cassette recorders . |
| 12 | At last a weary voice was heard from the elderly statesman ranks of the trade union bosses . |
| 13 | At last a very rare event occurred : I had a couple of days off , and the weather was set fair for flying . |
| 14 | Then at last a cheer went up as the first portions of the ‘ bicentenary pie ’ were served to the 50,000 people who presented their £1 tickets . |
| 15 | At last a smile began to pull at the folds in Sir Charles 's face , as if his cheeks really were wallets and his smile was going through them , looking for cash , then the smile turned to laughter , it pushed between his teeth , it was dry and rhythmic , it sounded uncannily like someone counting a stack of dollar bills . |
| 16 | At last a doctor arrived who actually knew what to do . |
| 17 | ‘ While the visible signs of recession remain , there must be cause for hope that at last a framework for recovery is falling into place with the worst of the recession behind us , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Lives have been wrecked by evil designer drugs such as Ecstasy , but at last a healthy , legal alternative with the same buzz is now available in raves up and down the country . |
| 19 | At last a genuinely transnational agitation for a people 's peace appeared to be on the agenda . |
| 20 | Of course , at last a train got him and killed him in a horrible way . |
| 21 | At last a smile for Grandma Brigitte |
| 22 | The complex factors involved have finally been established , and at last a truly effective anti skin ageing treatment has been created — Tuenda by RVB . |
| 23 | As she filled in the forms for him , the girl in Despatch , big and black and at last a friendly face , told him she was from Mississippi , and sure as hell she hated Greeks , Athens , moussaka and retsina . |
| 24 | In 1758 an expedition following a more northerly route than the one taken by Braddock was able to capture Fort Duquesne , which was renamed Pittsburgh by grateful Pennsylvanians who felt that at last a British politician had emerged who understood American needs . |
| 25 | At last a good reason to go to Orkney ( for those of us not into sheep , fudge , oatcakes or 460 ft high piles of soggy digestive biscuits ! ) . |
| 26 | Be aware of current public opinion — the writer who advertised a vacuum cleaner with the words : " At last a turbo for women drivers " was running a grave risk of alienating women . |
| 27 | When at last a general election was held on 29 September 1955 it was with proportional representation on the Dutch list system . |
| 28 | Half a mile up the hill , spirits were also high in the home of Eddie Duckworth , that plump , much-loved , avuncular manager of Pitts and Harley , newly elected President of the Chamber of Commerce , who had faith that at last a government had been elected that would put a stop to inflation , high interest rates , rocketing domestic and industrial rates , shameful capitulation to the unions , centralized bureaucratic planning , and the consequent decay of the manufacturing industries : the writing is on the wall at the Town Hall , he told his guests , as their glasses were refilled with Oake and Nephews ' Beaujolais . |
| 29 | At last a pick-up truck came bumping up the track , containing Giovanna 's fat and apparently unsatisfactory husband and a detachment of villagers , including the old men , Molly was sure , who had sat on the wall by the petrol pumps mocking her . |
| 30 | At last a car drew up . |