Example sentences of "[verb] for the last [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 3 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 4 | It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with . |
| 5 | Freud moved from Vienna in 1938 , when the Nazis took over , and lived for the last year of his life in London . |
| 6 | A decent man doing a difficult job with players who are light years away from being the world 's best , he has been treated for the last week like a cross between a child molester and a Nazi war criminal . |
| 7 | Hunt for the last wolf in Norway |
| 8 | This caused a delay of nine minutes , but play was able to restart for the last couple of overs . |
| 9 | Only the top twenty-four scorers would qualify for the last round on Saturday . |
| 10 | The IAC reported for the last time in January this year and , under the terms of the 1990 continuation order , the 1987 Act is due to expire on 31 March 1992 . |
| 11 | Tess generously tried for the last time to interest Angel in the other dairymaids . |
| 12 | The fact was that Algy had been living for the last year with a working-class architect called Len in a basement flat in Maida Vale . |
| 13 | This last point is certainly not irrelevant , since the commemorative scroll sent to me from the Palace names Leslie as of the Parachute Regiment ; and under this unit did he appear for the last time in the Army List . |
| 14 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |
| 15 | Lapland buntings and skylarks swirled and settled , searching for the last seeds of salt marsh plants below the bank . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They had found too much to discuss for the last train to Swindon to remain a realistic option and Harry had gladly accepted the offer of overnight hospitality . |
| 18 | As we have , therefore , travelled together through so many pages , let us behave to one another like fellow-travellers in a stage coach , who have passed several days in the company of each other : and who , notwithstanding any bickerings or little animosities which may have occurred on the road , generally make up at last , and mount for the last time into their vehicle with cheerfulness and good humour ; since after this one stage , it may possibly happen to us , as it commonly happens to them , never to meet more . |
| 19 | However , further pit closures are inevitable in the productivity battle , because the 65 million tonnes agreed for the last year of the contract is likely to shrink to fewer than 50 million , at best . |
| 20 | The First Level Certificate in Commercial Studies will be offered for the last time in 1993 . |
| 21 | HOUSE has been called for the last time at the Mecca bingo hall in Middlesbrough and its future is now uncertain . |
| 22 | The sun will set for the last time on RAF Hereford in July 1994 . |
| 23 | The physical relocation of S&R staff is scheduled for the last weekend in May . |
| 24 | The first flight was scheduled for the last week in January , and as luck would have it there was a wild prairie blizzard blowing across western Canada at just the wrong time . |
| 25 | What TC said , most people have been saying for the last couple of seasons . |
| 26 | With this achieved and with Rodrigo again in command of Valencia , the cards were dealt for the last hand between the Champion of Spain and the wily Moorish Emir . |
| 27 | At Enfield , the destination of our first day 's march , we were met and accompanied for the last mile by a procession of Catholic parishioners . |
| 28 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
| 29 | Finally , on Saturday 23 June , the Wordsworths left Alfoxden , and went for the last time down the wooded lane through the deer park , past the beech trees and hollies where , on a day in March , they had sheltered from a hail storm , past Christopher Tricky 's hovel near the dog pound , and past the ‘ loud Waterfall ’ , whose sound would always echo in their memories . |
| 30 | I went for the last fitting of my dress . |