Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The commission took into consideration their record over the past five years , ’ said Graham Kelly , the FA 's chief executive , ‘ but they also noted that they had taken steps to improve it over the last 18 months . ’ |
| 2 | Certainly , salmon seem to use smell to guide them on the last stage of their journey . |
| 3 | Too close and you get swept over the edge except that they usually have some sort of wire-mesh barrier to stop you at the last moment . |
| 4 | Thus it is that the Tamar , beautiful as the nymph whose name she bears , winds her way from the rugged north coast between the hills , to be joined by the Tavy , flowing from Dartmoor to join her for the last few miles to the sea , while the luckless Torridge flows ever northward in vain pursuit of Tamara 's beauty . |
| 5 | Annabel had said as much to Father Ross the last time he had come to tea , and Father Ross had looked at her sternly over his glasses , saying that if we all understood the way the Universe was run what would there be left for God to tell us on the Last Day . |
| 6 | Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ? |
| 7 | ‘ There 's no doubt I had chances to nail it in the last set , but you 've got to hand it to Dennis . |