Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the last vestige " in BNC.
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| 1 | A searing fire of elation bathed him suddenly , driving away the last vestiges of fear . |
| 2 | If they succeed , they will give up the last vestiges of the party state and refute the criticisms that they are only interested in the power and money accumulated by the Communists over the past 40 years , without accepting any blame for their actions . |
| 3 | Léonie swished her fork around her plate to gather up the last vestiges of sauce mornay . |
| 4 | Surprise fought for supremacy over sheer relief , the final result hardly strong enough to chase away the last vestiges of fear . |
| 5 | The Conservative party has never been the party of law and order , and during this Parliament it has thrown away the last vestiges of any claim to such a title . |
| 6 | The rout of German self-opinion meant that while Britain , France , Holland and Belgium were busy shaking off the last vestiges of feudal restraint in order to industrialise , the Prussian reaction to defeat was to define their contribution to the world as Kultur — a commodity that was best seen as the absence of change . |
| 7 | It will only change when the psychology behind it has changed ; and this psychology is based on two die-hard principles which together constitute almost the last vestiges of his own Indian-ness . |
| 8 | The ford in the river was blown up to make navigation easier and from time to time there appear to have been spectacular rock falls , one of which carried away the last vestiges of St Vincent 's Chapel which gave its name to St Vincent 's Rocks . |