Example sentences of "last [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw Masha gliding through towards us : that unmistakable froth of brown hair , the exuberant , doll-like face ; and behind her , over-topping her , the bleak , dark face of Victor Surkov , his hair not grey as it had been when we last met some six years ago , but a brilliant yellow spreading down over his shoulders . |
| 2 | John Wilson , whom I last met some years ago with his wife on a trip to the Seychelles , thanked His Grace , and paid tribute to the support and enthusiasm of his wife , Alan Smith his hardworking keeper , Peter Pask the farm manager , and his farm staff . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , hard to believe , is n't it , ’ she replied icily , with an expression that at last revealed some of her animosity , ‘ for someone so incredibly juvenile ? ’ |
| 4 | Second arrival was the nose section of Sea Vixen FAW.2 XJ579 , last seen some time ago at Farnborough . |
| 5 | The East German leadership at last showed some reaction to the enormous vote of no confidence expressed by its citizens over the past weeks . |
| 6 | Two further editions of the Abridgement were warranted , in 1763 and 1771 , the year of Miller 's death , the last containing some articles not included in the 1768 Dictionary . |
| 7 | Particular groups the blacks , women , recent immigrants — felt that their special needs were at last getting some attention in Washington , and they too voted for Roosevelt . |
| 8 | There were hopes that the " farmers " would at last have some recompense for their repairs and improvements , thus enabling them to repay some of the money advanced to them . |
| 9 | It worked until the 64th minute , when Saunders at last found some space to cross for Atkinson to head home at the far post . |
| 10 | He has always regarded the break-up as good fortune and at last found some degree of stability when his mother remarried six years later . |
| 11 | I was at last learning some general principles . |
| 12 | Whatever their errors — and they had been considerable — the Bolsheviks did at last establish some measure of order that allowed some recovery from the attrition of the years . |
| 13 | Ironically , though Mr H did not know it , mental-health reformers in Japan were at last making some headway . |
| 14 | I have meant to write to you a hundred times during the last three weeks but at all hours of the day I have been busied with teaching and beating and supervising footballings until when at last after all the animals were caged up and I at last had some peace , I have been too sad & too weary to write anything . |
| 15 | How long is it since you last had some good , old-fashioned fun ? |