Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly his terse telephone technique had annoyed me last night , but not enough to make me want to spit at the sight of him . |
| 2 | Indeed , I did not deserve so kind a one , but by this time you have received my last . |
| 3 | they 're broken My last one |
| 4 | In-form at the moment at the Tyneside track is Deneview Dipper , which has won its last two races , including an A1 event last Saturday night . |
| 5 | One of the saddest aspects of this issue is the heavy strains and burdens placed on elderly people who might have expected their last years to be more enjoyable . |
| 6 | It was McNeil 's first win over Graf and her first victory on the carpet surface of Madison Square Garden , while her German opponent went into the match having won her last four tournaments , including a victory over McNeil . |
| 7 | His side have stumbled recently at home but have won their last seven away games . |
| 8 | Now Derby have hit form … after a rotten start … they 've won their last four … |
| 9 | This was Gloucester 's one and only win against Rugby at Kingsholm … but they 've won their last three club matches so lets hope they keep on rolling tomorrow |
| 10 | Shildon , who have won their last two games , expect to be unchanged from the side which beat title chasing Murton on Wednesday . |
| 11 | Billingham Synthonia , who have won their last seven in a row , have doubts over defenders Sean O'Brien and Tommy Connor for the home game with Northallerton , and with another defender Andy Harbron unavailable , manager Stuart Coleby may be forced to play . |
| 12 | Peterlee have now won their last five matches . |
| 13 | If that run continues against a Rangers side who have won their last 15 games , re-confirmed Skol Cup winners and supercharged by the prolific McCoist , then not even the attacking flair which destroyed Stuttgart 4-1 at Elland Road five weeks ago may be enough . |
| 14 | He , too , is trained by Stephenson , for whom he has won his last four races in smart style , albeit with a tendency to jump right . |
| 15 | He , too , is trained by Stephenson , for whom he has won his last four races in smart style , albeit with a tendency to jump right . |
| 16 | There was a feeling that Mill House might just be coming out of the doldrums : he had won his last race , beating his solitary rival at Sandown Park for the princely sum of £426 , and appeared to be coming back to his old self . |
| 17 | ‘ Pay Homage should have won his last race at Goodwood and he 's been in fine form all year , ’ Ian said . |
| 18 | Lindi Memani from the city of East London in the Cape province has won his last twelve fights in a twenty four bout career showing only three defeats . |
| 19 | Willie Jarvis 's three-year-old has won his last two races by a total of six and a half lengths and is still well weighted for further success . |
| 20 | The once moderate grader at Brough Park has astonished everyone with his transition to hurdle racing and has won his last five races . |
| 21 | Sunderland are staging eight open races tonight , including a sparkling £500-to-the-winner 450 metres invitation race which includes former track record holder Gulleen Darkie and Charlie Lister 's Bank Tunnel , which has won his last three opens . |
| 22 | In 1799 as the new century dawned , Arthur Guinness , then seventy four , brewed his last ale . |
| 23 | Harvey said how much he had enjoyed his last visit to Riga , and how sorry he was that he would n't be going there , and the man at the other end said that Leningrad was one of the most wonderful towns in the world . |
| 24 | We can also point to grammatical parallelisms which , although not devoid of content , merely seem to have an elaborative function , providing further examples of a concept already expressed : " The sweetest rose hath his prickle " already conveys , by proverbial extension , the meaning " even the best things are alloyed with bad " , and to that extent , the repetition of the pattern in " the finest velvet his brack , the fairest flour his bran " , is redundant.Lyly might not , one imagines , have added his last piece of pattern , the similitude of sanctity , unless he had hit on the alliteration of " holiest head " and " wicked way " . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ We have dominated our last two games and come out with only a couple of points . |
| 26 | Seeming not to have heard her last remark , Tom Reynolds spoke bitterly . |
| 27 | Yet he appeared surprised to find in Kursk guberniia near the end of 1922 that even villages near to the Moscow railway line had received their last single copies some months earlier . |
| 28 | The government announced on Aug. 12 the discontinuation of all uranium extraction and the closure of processing plants , angering uranium miners , who had received their last pay packets in April . |
| 29 | She had told Anne on Saturday that she had received her last letter before the leave . |
| 30 | On the return journey , the Thornton Heath branch was covered and at Telford Avenue depôt , the party changed to another car and No. 1 had completed its last public journey in London , to be prepared for sale to Leeds . |