Example sentences of "last [noun] they " in BNC.
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1 | For the last hour they had done justice to Molly 's superb cooking . |
2 | In the last hour they 've added , ’ there was a delay in putting information on the computer records . |
3 | On the fourth day Jennifer put together every last farthing they possessed and went across to Fowey to visit the apothecary , returning with a malodorous syrup which her mother vomited up within seconds of swallowing . |
4 | But had the Labour Party won the last Election they too would be facing hefty tax bills and precisely the same threat to their lavish standards of living . |
5 | As a last resort they tried introducing Ned to other stones in an attempt to distract his interest — blondes , brunettes and the occasional hard-to-find red-head but all to no avail . |
6 | Well again er , er a three bedroomed house , I would , you see and they were putting one plug in , in , in each , each bedroom and , and two plugs in the main bedroom so they dropped one down altogether and erm , erm in a lounge like this to put two plugs in , sort of one in that corner and one in that corner it 's no good to anybody , it 's , as much as anything else was er , er about placing plugs as well er , if one 's only going to have two plugs well then least one should be able to place them in , in the right positions , er putting them behind doors is , is , is no good at all , a lot of them have been done that way because the it always means flex is going to be draped across the , the door if people are walking in gon na trip over it and erm , they probably got down to now , something er just less than the standard I would think in the , in the last houses they built . |
7 | At eight hours after the last injection they found 17.0 ml emptying , which was not significantly different from postprandial gall bladder contraction without treatment . |
8 | The last poet they had had , had been Ralph Hodgson , before the war . |
9 | In the last chapter they might be allowed to repent on their deathbeds . ’ |
10 | In the very last months they cry more than ever . |
11 | They were the last words they spoke to each other . |
12 | Last Saturday they were thinking of eating when , at 9.25 , the alarm went . |
13 | Yet last Saturday they were to be found in Henley , rowing in trials together with up to a hundred other hopefuls from all over Britain . |
14 | Last Winter they suffered the worst floods for fifty years , with some homes being hit three times . |
15 | We ordered so much we could n't eat the last dish they brought us , could n't even touch it . |
16 | Last December they were instrumental in getting rid of Mr Gaidar and replacing him with one of those industrialists . |
17 | Czechoslovakia was the last place they could travel to without restrictions . |
18 | The last place they were in they did n't even have a proper bed . |
19 | ‘ At my former company [ French Gold Abbott ] we were inexperienced and no one viewed FGA as the last place they were going to work . |
20 | It is the last place they want to be . |
21 | and they said everybody there 's a meeting , so I thought oh christ cos it was just a standard joke me and Elaine , cos the last meeting they had , I were at the leisure shop then and they called the meeting to tell us it was the end and it was closing , and me and Elaine sneaked down the hall and we were going like this |
22 | After wandering through Scandinavia , permutations completed , England came to Chorzow , the last match they would play before taking part in the World Cup . |
23 | Only last april they 'd been told three hundred and fifty jobs were being axed — now comes todays announcement of more . |
24 | On this last point they were reassured by the Governor 's mention of December 1948 as the outside date for this . |
25 | They can look back on the last years they spent together as some of the best in their whole lives . |
26 | The editors revelled in the honour , ate their lunches and went back to their offices to continue publishing every last tit-bit they could find . |
27 | I I ca n't I mi , who was the last dancers they had on Top of the Pops ? |
28 | You see my brother Joe is wrong , he should have , he 's a workaholic , and they 're doing sixteen hours a day and they 're working , can you imagine , and I mean my youngest brother Brad who 's working with him said er Joe do n't stop , a week , no a fortnight la , a fortnight last Sunday they had to put a not air conditioning yeah it is air conditioning unit in Smith 's in Staines and they had to whatever happens they had to get it working for the next day , it 's got to be in and working and they worked all day , my brother , my eldest brother Derek weld it for nine hours non stop , to the point where Brad our , my younger brother and Joe had |
29 | On their last day they were overwhelmed by farewell messages and gifts . |
30 | On the last day they met , a Friday , Peter realized at once that something was wrong with Kate . |