Example sentences of "[art] last things " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the last things Angela did was to have lunch with an old schoolfriend in the DTI who is responsible for the Huerter case , to make sure the DTI understood the impact of such assistance on Barton 's operations . ’ |
| 2 | In Jewish eschatology , ‘ the last things ’ would precede the coming of the Messiah , who would judge the world . |
| 3 | Both Marxists and Christians suffered from these fears , as if they detected signs of ‘ the last things ’ in the tension between the superpowers . |
| 4 | It was two more years before ration books could finally be burned or torn up by a thankful population — meat , bacon and butter were the last things to be freed . |
| 5 | The creation of the Educational Priority Areas was one of the last things which Tony Crosland accomplished at the Department of Education and Science , and one of those that gave him the greatest pleasure . |
| 6 | ‘ The length of the toe bone is one of the last things to change in the loss of arboreality , ’ said Lovejoy . |
| 7 | Anyone who knows me will tell you those are the last things I 'm lacking . |
| 8 | One of the last things I was able to do was to help in the preparations for a Service of Reconciliation to be held at the Burma end of the Burma-Siam railway line , both in the preparation of the details of the service and the plans for its publicity . |
| 9 | One of the last things I 've written — it 's not finished yet — but the first line is , ‘ I 'm in love with my wife ’ and I probably would n't have written that two years ago . |
| 10 | We are very unlikely to come across a headline telling us that a member of the Anglican Church has killed himself ( unless , perhaps , it is a vicar ) — in fact , the Anglican 's religious affiliation is one of the last things likely to be mentioned in a report . |
| 11 | On the doctrine of the last things it seemed to imply universalism . |
| 12 | Fortunately , for most of us , the business of dividing up an estate does not involve nearly as much emotional wear and tear , and material possessions are the last things on your mind when you lose someone you love . |
| 13 | Bottle tops , silver paper and tin cans are the last things you should throw away . |
| 14 | I 'll be looking back again to see … the last things |
| 15 | Other parts of the book deal with the last things on a global scale , both looking back and looking forward . |
| 16 | I know it 's one of the last things I 'd would |