Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know it was the last straw of many . |
| 2 | She replaced the receiver , standing unmoving , staring across the room towards the Knudsen with hungry eyes , knowing it was the last time she would ever see it . |
| 3 | No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head ! |
| 4 | Then the Reverend called , with his news about the weather turning stormy , and I thought he was the last person we needed to hear from . |
| 5 | it was a cro , I tell you what , we were playing something tonight , I think it was the last thing before you stopped , and I kept thinking any minute now it 's gon na be Somewhere Over the Rainbow |
| 6 | In fact it 's very much like the higher order networks that I talked about in the last lecture er I think it was the last lecture but one , and the networks which pre-process the data before they 're presented to the network by some higher function . |
| 7 | oh well , we ca n't very well be whether Julie said she liked boys to go out with her , go , and we provisionally booked , I think it was the last week in February , we got quite a bit on , I said er if I ca n't make it I 'll ring you , but then , oh that was it she rung me up , and she said Lynnie |
| 8 | It said it was the last phase of a pre-arranged plan and should help pacify cloners . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't say it was the last ditch for the capercaillie . |
| 10 | During one meal I swat one off my arm and ask Tor if he knows what was the last thing that went through the mozzie 's mind . |