Example sentences of "last [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the last cottage she paused as a woman appeared in the doorway . |
| 2 | Although in this last case we should note that it is much harder to talk of the sentence being ‘ wrong ’ ; there are circumstances when people validly violate semantic norms , as we shall see . |
| 3 | erm in the last case you mean ? |
| 4 | I give you my word there will be one , if it 's the last case I am allowed to handle . ’ |
| 5 | In the last instance we have social regression . |
| 6 | In this last instance we have social regression . |
| 7 | In the vague reference to " his needs " in the last sentence we even get a glimpse of why the question of money is so important for him . |
| 8 | Before she could puzzle over his rather cryptic last sentence he continued , ‘ I do n't know whether you noticed , but the doge was wearing it in the second of his portraits . ’ |
| 9 | Now er in the last sentence you 've got five marks to give for spelling and punctuation . |
| 10 | During that last sentence I was at Styal again and then at Askham Grange . |
| 11 | To clear this last hurdle I was forced to queue up outside a shed with a number of soldiers . |
| 12 | As he said : ‘ If I 'm deciding on whom I want to live with for fifty years — well , that 's the last decision I want my head to be ruled by my heart . ’ |
| 13 | Of the last decision he says : ‘ Most of the winter I never see daylight . |
| 14 | On our last afternoon we went back to Tromsø to see a man about a dog . |
| 15 | When Nicola had despatched the last brick she began to yell loudly . |
| 16 | The last chit I hired not only got herself — well , you know , with the coachman , but made off with some of my best lace when I turned her away . |
| 17 | For the last hour they had done justice to Molly 's superb cooking . |
| 18 | In the last hour they 've added , ’ there was a delay in putting information on the computer records . |
| 19 | Down towards the last hour I 'm the last person to drop off just trying to leave them with as many positive thoughts and perhaps talking quietly to the odd individual . |
| 20 | He had n't expected this precipitate visit and in the last hour he had bawled out everyone in sight . |
| 21 | The last branch I was in was very small , and I got a lot of feedback from them . |
| 22 | At the last judgement we shall not be asked how many books we have read but how we have lived . |
| 23 | On the fourth day Jennifer put together every last farthing they possessed and went across to Fowey to visit the apothecary , returning with a malodorous syrup which her mother vomited up within seconds of swallowing . |
| 24 | The last bit we did was only the small numbers . |
| 25 | At our last Directorate it was noted that there had been further difficulties with unauthorised visitors and it was agreed that there was a need for additional security between the entrance foyer and offices . |
| 26 | But had the Labour Party won the last Election they too would be facing hefty tax bills and precisely the same threat to their lavish standards of living . |
| 27 | At the last election he heard someone ask ‘ Who 's Killip ? ’ and the reply was ‘ The man who gives you relief at Cumberland Road ’ . |
| 28 | The very first and most important principle to bear in mind when planting a rose or any other shrub or tree is that this is the last opportunity you will have to do anything basic about the soil underneath , where the roots will have to work . |
| 29 | There was no emotion in his voice ; but I was thinking of Alison , of that last look she had given me . |
| 30 | The last play I worked out that w we had one four hundred and thirty seven of those thirty seven would be er freebies to the homes in , in to bring it down to about four hundred and on the ticket money we took in , I would say about a hundred and twenty of those were erm er concessions . |