Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] last [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She heard the sharp intake of breath ; what little patience he possessed had clearly vanished with her last smart remark . |
| 2 | Appearing in his last big television interview before the election , the Prime Minister appeared relaxed and confident of winning an overall majority . |
| 3 | She peered anxiously into her six-foot-wide dressing-table mirror to see if any white hair showed after her last auburn tint , and found to her satisfaction that all her hair was the same improbable shade . |
| 4 | Scores of Australian languages have died with their last fluent speakers . |
| 5 | As he waited for the executioner , he was dressed in the blue suit that he had worn on his last public appearance . |
| 6 | Adjust your times so that your ETA at the holding point coincides with a time based on your last acknowledged position report , and flight plan for times for each section of the route . |
| 7 | Patients were contacted at their last known address . |
| 8 | If he had drunk from it , the wounds received in his last dreadful battle against his nephew Mordred would have healed . |
| 9 | From about 3900 Ma ago to about 3300 Ma ago it is clear from Figure 6.9 that the Moon was subjected to its last heavy bombardment . |
| 10 | Switching codes holds no fears for Sillars Stalker who , having topped off his last jumping campaign with a four-timer , filled in time during the summer , scoring three times on the Flat . |
| 11 | Deng retired from his last official post ( Chair of the State Council Military Commission ) in 1990 , but in his role as " elder statesman " he probably remains the supreme power-broker . |
| 12 | Goals from Jimmy Quinn and Philip Gray — his first for the international team — were enough to see of the Baltic challenge although Denmark 's victory over Albania earlier in the day put paid to our last fading hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals in America . |