Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] the last [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( If you tried to swap the last column of a table without doing so you would jumble up your text ) |
| 2 | Hospital doctors , for example , are still expected to have the last word about their patients ' discharge dates , or about their transfer to other institutions , or to decide whether they should be offered facilities such as regular readmission to relieve carers . |
| 3 | The two finishing holes are designed to test the last reserves of the golfer 's confidence . |
| 4 | And er , so she said she , she wants to take the last couple of days away |
| 5 | It seemed to represent the last word as a model for other cities to follow . |
| 6 | It was widely believed that there were no human fossils , so the recent appearance of humankind seemed to represent the last step in the ascent of life . |
| 7 | Everything below , we were sure , was exactly as it would have appeared in centuries past-apart from one major anachronism , a bright yellow construction crane , which was attempting to plant the last monolith in the stone circle . |
| 8 | The corpse road avoided the villages along the route for fear that the spirit of the dead should be enticed to return , a fear that in fact stemmed from Norse mythology , in which the corpse way was thought to mirror the last journey of the soul from the earth into the underworld . |
| 9 | Attempting to crank the last iota of abandonment out of an intrinsically empty and mechanical experience . |
| 10 | But even if this tape is going to record the last speech of somebody famous and it did n't get and therefore they could n't record it , that is co , the consequence of a delay , you know , a fall of snow or our vehicle breaking down or something not being done , or missed some in human , some human error , it 's not our , we do n't lay , we 'll give , we 'll insure or offer transit liability on the value of the goods providing you 've got additional full transit liability with us , but we wo n't for the loss of business because you did n't get it . |
| 11 | CROONER Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade . |
| 12 | The rider now aims to complete the last part of the turning routine literally by spinning the back of the machine around — the art of rear wheel steering which can begin with as little as 800rpm on the tacho ( 500 revs to around 13,000 ) . |
| 13 | He decided to spend the last hour at the local pub . |
| 14 | The drama was not quite over because all three players managed to hit the last green in two shots , and Harley , by dint of a nice kick forward when the ball pitched , was no more than six feet from the hole . |
| 15 | The regulars and the heavy mob from Fleet Street arrived and we just managed to catch the last train to Cambridge . |
| 16 | Politicians , however , were quite capable of making any assistance look somewhat larger than life and thus attempt to reap the last ounce of voter gratitude for their services . |
| 17 | He managed to complete the last lap with a flourish in a little under a minute , opening up a 10-metre lead down the back straight . |
| 18 | In the final stages of the journey from river mud to glittering metal , gold is treated to remove the last stages of Garrimpo mercury , then it becomes pure , but not innocent . |
| 19 | Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument . |
| 20 | The dream grew faster and faster and more and more desperate , because he knew that he had to reach the last box before the end of the day . |
| 21 | In an exhausting , exhilarating fortnight , they moved round the country triumphing gloriously at Cheshire , being demoralized at Cirencester , where they drew against a vastly inferior team , cockahoop at Kirtlington , and nearly coming unstuck at Windsor , where Perdita was sent off for swearing , so Rutshire had to play the last chukka with only three men , and only just won . |
| 22 | Or you could be sensible and stop trying to squeeze the last drop of current from the transformer ! |
| 23 | I do remember we 'd already put his full name on the car and had to remove the last part of it . ’ |
| 24 | Their single-minded preoccupation , you see , is to hang on to their present decade and hold off the Rubicon-crossing birthday beyond which grandmotherhood and whiskered chins threaten to throttle the last vestiges of good-time glamour . |
| 25 | Janet added : ‘ My husband had a wicked sense of humour and had to have the last laugh in life and death . |
| 26 | Like the wind that guttered and blew out the candles , a bloodied man had broken through the dancers ' joy to break the glittering ball into dark fragments , yet still some few couples could not bear to relinquish the last moments of peace . |
| 27 | They believed that anything could be obtained by force and were determined to exact the last drop of blood . |
| 28 | The garden has been planned to make the last amount of work for those who maintain it : John himself ; his father , who is now 80 and can work for only short periods ; Mr Broughton , who clips the hedges , and Patricia who weeds . |
| 29 | I have to avoid the last period on the second Friday in October , which is when the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist celebrates ‘ the rich goodness of God 's vegetables ’ . |
| 30 | I felt that he thought I wanted to run the last leg for the glory . |