Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [prep] the last time " in BNC.

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1 AFTER 21 years service has covered his drawing board for the last time to take up the more leisurely pursuits of photography and walking in his retirement .
2 AFTER more than 31 years working for , electrical engineer has packed away his drawing board for the last time and started his retirement .
3 Now , as the son came to see the marble bust for the last time , court photographers crowded around to capture the poignancy of the son saying goodbye , presumably with a sense of terrible failure , to the father for whom he had never been good enough .
4 The military type shackles will fit your Land Rover and are probably best sourced from a Land Rover breaker as the last time we purchased new they were virtually impossible to obtain .
5 London 's venerable red and cream double-deckers rumbled along the Thames embankment for the last time in 1952 .
6 On 14 December 1989 , she visited the Casa Republicii for the last time and expressed alarm on seeing that one of the decorative features of the stairways leading to the southern entrance of the palace had the image of a cross when seen from high above .
7 A part of one of Scotland 's most historic regiments this afternoon marched off the parade ground for the last time .
8 Part of one of Scotland 's most historic regiments has marched off the parade ground for the last time .
9 He won the US Championship for the last time in 1971 , and continued to play well into his seventies , finishing equal first at the Reykjavik open in 1984 .
10 ‘ I was paid £3 10s a week , and worked on Saturday mornings , ’ he said as he bowed out of Linlithgow Branch for the last time .
11 At eleven forty-five , Laura Maingay switched off her cassette dictaphone for the last time and ran it back to the beginning .
12 On 16 January the Shah and the Empress , Farah Dida left the Niavaran Palace for the last time .
13 As you pass round the plant stem for the last time , turn the cord through between stem and stake and wrap the turns , pulling the cord tight to form a firm collar as shown in Figure 5 .
14 The first or basic text is this , sung by Bilbo as he leaves Bag End for the last time :
15 The 95 workers will clock on at the Gloucester factory for the last time at the end of the month … after that the British Forces will be dressed in uniforms made in Morocco …
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