Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says it 's hard work having to think of other ways of getting around — having always to take into consideration the bus timetables — I ca n't arrange to meet friends unless there 's a bus at that time and coming home — leaving the pubs — I have to drink up quickly if I want to catch the last bus home . |
| 2 | Crawled until I could see the arrow only because it was pale against the bark , and knew I was already further away than when I 'd taken the last bearing . |
| 3 | I remember watching the last episode on your predecessor ATV when it was repeated in 1976 and the announcer talked of people calling in with various theories about what it was all supposed to mean . |
| 4 | I keep remembering the last night we were here — same hotel and all — and how Matt and I went out and got stinko-paralytico together and ended up doing the Zorba dance and got thrown out and Matt pointing at me and saying to the waiters Hey do n't you recognize Mista Rick from Parkway Peninsula and they did n't and made us pay for the plates . |
| 5 | I had remembered the last time I had stood in a garden with a man . |
| 6 | I 've missed the last post have n't I ? |
| 7 | I 've forgotten the last time we really enjoyed ourselves together and sat down to a meal uninterrupted by telephone calls . ’ |
| 8 | But I 've had the last laugh . |
| 9 | so only like , I 've had the last week off |
| 10 | ‘ Because I 've spent the last day or so watching you with other people , and frankly , Fran , it 's obvious to anyone that when you 're with me you act far differently . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've spent the last year asking the public to write something , anything , and then be photographed . |
| 12 | I 've spent the last year of my life caring for the wrong person . ’ |
| 13 | I have to avoid the last period on the second Friday in October , which is when the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist celebrates ‘ the rich goodness of God 's vegetables ’ . |
| 14 | I have spent the last couple of weeks visiting garages with my husband attempting to exchange our shared vehicle . |
| 15 | Or maybe I am in the perfect position to write it , as I have spent the last week slumped on the sofa , watching the war . |
| 16 | ‘ Lady Blaine , I have spent the last week debating whether or not to ruin your father Hiram , and his syndicate , and provide the information to send them , and him , to prison for stockmarket fraud . |
| 17 | I felt that he thought I wanted to run the last leg for the glory . |
| 18 | Despite the increasing difficulties which Edward faced in financing his wars in Scotland , the parliaments of these years are free of the political and constitutional arguments which had characterized the last years of Edward I 's reign . |
| 19 | The battles between Fascists and the Left which began in 1934 looked superficially like those which had marked the last years of the Weimar republic . |
| 20 | He is beginning to move on from the subjects which have dominated the last couple of years , feeling that he has gleaned all the experience he can from them . |
| 21 | And er , so she said she , she wants to take the last couple of days away |
| 22 | She has spent the last year following her sailing pursuits but this year she gave priority to her GCSE exams and has done much less sailing . |
| 23 | ( If you tried to swap the last column of a table without doing so you would jumble up your text ) |
| 24 | One drawback of the Masters for married men , who want to see the last putt in , is that it requires them to creep to bed as if they were returning from a night club . |
| 25 | Clearly er , it 's er , again in , in paragraph four , under future budget of er , the services is going to be critical , if you 've seen the last couple of years that are defined in the pay , and that 's going to continue . |
| 26 | If you 've taken the last exercise seriously , you 'll be able to list some changes you 'd like to make : Go on — have a go ! |
| 27 | The recent spell of warm weather was holding and Julie Murchison was feeling good in spite of the fact that she had spent the last hour in her Mother 's sick room . |
| 28 | By the time she had rolled the last lump of dog food into the canal , the sun was beginning to rise in the east . |
| 29 | The Rejects , who had reached the last stage without conceding a goal , were two down inside 20 minutes through Tommy Collins and Arwel Owen . |
| 30 | The primitive inn that catered for travellers who had missed the last ferry is now a modern hotel , and commercial interests have been attracted by the growing number of tourists . |