Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the last [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | German war records rescued after the last war showed that Hitler 's use of astrology was one of the major causes for his demise . |
| 2 | The distinction between grammar and lexis which we used in the last chapter cuts across this distinction between levels . |
| 3 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 4 | Please do not wait until the last moment to inform us . |
| 5 | Why , as urban sociologists such as those we reviewed in the last chapter argued , should a spatial or urban sociology not also be concerned with the class relations of production ? |
| 6 | Quite often operations could be cancelled at the last moment owing to worsening weather conditions , and this must have been a terrible let-down for them , after getting themselves keyed-up for yet another hectic night . |
| 7 | A young man called Tepilit ole paramat , the laibon 's brother , tried at the last minute to withdraw one of his cattle from the sale . |
| 8 | EC trade analysts said last night that M Delors was probably happy to raise the temperature of the dispute , to minimise expectations for his Washington mission , which until yesterday was being seen as the last chance to save the five-year round of Gatt talks . |
| 9 | Tomorrow 's meeting is seen as the last opportunity to decide on the bill which would allow redevelopment to commence in 1991 . |
| 10 | We can now build on the techniques presented in the last section to examine two contentious issues in investment ( and corporate ) finance . |
| 11 | There is a great temptation to overfeed in the last month to ensure calf growth and nutrition . |
| 12 | Huge buttresses built in the last century to protect St Mary 's Church now stand on the edge of the shore . |
| 13 | Some indication of how this operates can be seen in the last extract quoted , other answers to these questions are to a certain extent dictated by the nature of the activities involved in each specific arts subject , and the way they are examined . |
| 14 | Maternal , infant and child mortality " have all decreased , according to the last report published for 1981 . |
| 15 | He three-putted both the fourth and 12th holes , had only two birdies on his card , and came to the last hole needing a four for a 73 for a ten under par total of 278 . |
| 16 | When the alternative seemed to be squabbles and point-scoring , many of these people decided at the last minute to give John Major the benefit of the doubt . |
| 17 | Instead of flying straight to the United States , the Shah had decided at the last minute to accept an invitation from Anwar Sadat of Egypt to pause briefly in Aswan . |
| 18 | In that case , it was logical to assume that Guy Sterne had decided at the last minute to avail himself of his unexpectedly empty villa for an impromptu break in the sun . |
| 19 | It is important to note that if the pledge that the Labour party made at the last election had been carried through , dramatically less money would have been spent on health , for the reasons that my hon. Friend gave . |
| 20 | A HOME OFFICE minister yesterday intervened at the last minute to delay a Kurdish refugee being flown back to Turkey . |
| 21 | Which marks for the last test give a final average of fourteen marks for So the one test is gon na give him that is n't it ? |
| 22 | Then she turned again and started to walk away , waiting for the last stone to strike her . |
| 23 | As we sat waiting for the last half-hour to grind away , the young Sheikh lifted the phone and telephoned his grandmother — his mother 's mother , not Sheikha Grandmother , who was still on her visit to her daughter . |
| 24 | As I write , he nods down at me from the wall beside my desk ; shining brass-reel in place , cast and flies still ready for action , waiting for the last trumpet to sound . |
| 25 | The Iraqi Health Ministry said on Aug. 26 that 14,333 children had died in the last year owing to the absence of medical supplies . |
| 26 | So typical , is n't it , that when you go to see plays , you always like , dashing to the last minute to try and get tickets and been on for like , two months . |
| 27 | He turned to the last report made by the investigating officer before the file was consigned to Records . |
| 28 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
| 29 | EXACTLY a fortnight after his unscheduled South Bank recital debut , when he was invited at the last minute to take over from the indisposed Krystian Zimerman , the young Argentinian pianist Nelson Goerner was back at the Festival Hall to replace the temperamental Martha Argerich in a Mozart concerto with the Philharmonia and conductor Claus Peter Flor . |
| 30 | A drop of Drosera in the 30th dilution succussed with 20 strokes of the arm at each dilution , given as a dose to a child suffering from whooping-cough , endangers life , whereas , if the dilution phials are succussed only twice a , globule the size of a poppy seed moistened with the last dilution cures it readily . ’ |