Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] to the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 2 | Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 3 | This is the menu as recorded by the Colonel and solemnly consumed down to the last friandise : |
| 4 | She had moved across the courtyard , flagstone by flagstone , to cheat the shadow ; now she was boxed in to the last corner of light . |
| 5 | The table was littered with shrimp whiskers , the sponge-cake gobbled up to the last crumb — but all she could do was to sip painfully at a meagre cup of tea and toy with a few shoots of mustard and cress , although she had prepared the extensive meal . |
| 6 | Looking back to the last war , I can clearly remember arriving at Abbeydale Council School in Sheffield to find it badly damaged by a bomb , having to transfer temporarily to Lowfields and Ann 's Road Schools and then to ’ home service ’ , which was simply a teacher in charge of a dozen or so kids in somebody 's front room . |
| 7 | Areas found to be at risk include ancient woodlands dating back to the last ice age , internationally rare lowland heaths , meadows and marshes containing many rare species of plants , flowers , animals , birds and insects . |
| 8 | I am especially pleased to welcome JCI back as a shareholder , a position they held from 1918 until 1979 , cementing the close relationship between our two companies dating back to the last century . |
| 9 | O7 ppm although naturally high concentrations of mercury have been found in a number of locations , including Lake Windermere where mud dating back to the last century contains 0.7 ppm . ’ |
| 10 | Going on to the last lap Dunlop had matters well in hand but further down the field behind McCallen there was drama when Alan Patterson , who had been in third place and going well , suddenly shot through the final bend and took the wrong road for the second time today losing his chance of a place . |
| 11 | People were coming out from Palm Sunday Mass at the church of Ognissanti , pausing to chat to families going in to the last service and then passing under his window carrying sprays of olive leaves . |
| 12 | erm And we 've already lost planes in the erm war so far , and we have only a limited number there , while going back to the last world war |
| 13 | Right , let's move on to the last session , where we 're going to be looking at the rate books . |
| 14 | ‘ Induction offers the chef total control down to the last degree , and because only the pan is heated it means chefs no longer have to work in a hot , uncomfortable kitchen environment . ’ |
| 15 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 16 | As we have observed in earlier chapters , one of the major concerns of government one which can be traced back to the last century — is the control of the level of expenditure by the state . |
| 17 | Yet the point , it 's a question really , which refers back to the last programme summary three , of the , the ninety four , ninety five base budget . |
| 18 | It would have been customary to allow the animal its own head , and to hold on to the last truck , or hitch a lift by hanging onto the end . |
| 19 | Generals , officers , non-commissioned officers , and men fought shoulder to shoulder down to the last shot . |
| 20 | Although some attempts at tackling air pollution problems date back to the last century or even earlier , most countries introduced their strategy for air pollution control in the 1950s , 1960s or 1970s . |
| 21 | Presumably such militias date back to the last years of the Roman period , although there is no evidence for them in the fifth century . |
| 22 | To load a program into the computer : this does not mean that the future has been planned down to the last detail , that everything is written ‘ up above ’ . |
| 23 | The café , which dates back to the last century , has been maintained intact , at least in its decor . |
| 24 | And that things would tend to drag on to the last minute and then they would start and then it would it go forward . |
| 25 | I smiled understanding and held on to the last wedge of the broken window , catching glimpses of the brown Yucay River snaking its way between the terraced hills . |