Example sentences of "[verb] been the last straw " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been the last straw to a tired Lancaster crew to have home in sight , and then to be attacked by a fighter . |
| 2 | To be led through the streets of St Petrick 's by a policeman would have been the last straw ! |
| 3 | And to slip in the mud must have been the last straw . |
| 4 | The daughter told her mother and , said Mr Stevenson , that appeared to have been the last straw for her . |
| 5 | He agreed missing his son 's engagement had been the last straw . |
| 6 | The fight , in which one Sardinian had slit another 's throat from ear to ear without succeeding in killing him , had been the last straw and had resulted in an unprecedented outburst of anti-Sardinian feeling that involved not just the affected area but the whole city . |
| 7 | Last night had been the last straw . |
| 8 | Anthony 's death had been the last straw . |
| 9 | The doctor was n't the only security failure in West German intelligence , but he had been the last straw for Sims . |