Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] last " in BNC.

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1 And this , after spending themselves to the last ounce , only within the last three weeks , and being greeted everywhere with roaring crowds and cheering streets and the appearance of universal applause and approbation .
2 Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well .
3 At the beginning of this erm programme he admitted that we had an excellent education service in Oxfordshire , and he 's now , having taken no part in managing it for the last five years , he is now claiming that in fact it 's due to what happened before .
4 We came very close to doing it at the last election .
5 Attempting to duck the consequences of hard decisions by leaving them to the last possible minute or by creating distance through solely informing parents by letter places the initiative in the hands of others .
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