Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must content myself with the last verse of a hymn in honour of St Bartholomew : |
| 2 | Oh and I 'll have one for the last card . |
| 3 | We 'll put it as the last item . |
| 4 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 5 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 6 | He would meet me off the last train … . |
| 7 | Manager Joe Royle said : ‘ We will leave it until the last minute to give him every chance . ’ |
| 8 | On the day they want to , they will massacre you to the last man , and it is your duty to fall . |
| 9 | This belief , though not taught in the Old Testament , was widely held in the Jewish constituency among whom Paul worked : it is widely believed today that if only you try hard and do your best , God will accept you at the last . |
| 10 | Well , to hell with them , but I will say everything to the last word . ’ |