Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ The conditions were difficult for everyone and we took a good decision to wait until the last half-hour before doing our 12 laps . |
| 2 | Tomorrow was too far distanced for his mind to wait for the last piece of evidence — a mind so ceaselessly tossing , as it had been ever since Lewis — wonderful Lewis ! — had mentioned that seemingly irrelevant item in The Oxford Times . |
| 3 | Colonel Bumford took his opportunity to win on the last throw . |
| 4 | I have reservations about Perlman and Mehta 's treatment of the Glazunov , though , which seems neither as richly romantic as Oscar Shumsky 's on Chandos , nor as glittering as Anne-Sophie Mutter 's on Erato : the other two versions to appear in the last year . |
| 5 | Oxford 's Mark Carlsson was the first casualty crashing out of heat eleven … then it was Troy Butler 's turn to tumble in the last race … |
| 6 | The meal was hardly over when Mr Heath flew to Sunningdale by helicopter to preside over the last stage of the conference on the future of Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | His earlier much-fabled ‘ ruthless determination ’ and fanatical single-mindedness were now becoming to be regarded as a major liability , and the command to the 6th Army to fight to the last man was seen as its fateful demonstration . |
| 8 | That morning Sara had been up with the dawn to walk for the last time in the castle grounds to say goodbye to her doves , her servants , her horses and her hounds , the last of which seemed to sense what was happening and started howling as soon as she had departed . |
| 9 | In consequence , there was always a scramble to spend in the last half of the financial year when the danger of an underspend was becoming apparent . |
| 10 | There is a great temptation to overfeed in the last month to ensure calf growth and nutrition . |