Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've been encouraging local authorities to tighten their belts for the last 14 years , ’ he protests . |
| 2 | Even ratting contests and prize-fights seemed to lose their appeal in the last quarter of the century . |
| 3 | Social work has begun to evaluate its effectiveness in the last fifty years , and Sheldon ( 1986 ) has described two separate waves of reviews and researches . |
| 4 | Macdonald tried unsuccessfully to find a magistrate to receive his oath at the last minute , then sent his papers to Edinburgh , where Secretary of State and Master of Stair Sir John Dalrymple suppressed them . |
| 5 | As the 1992 Art Materials Exhibition looms over the horizon , I would like to share my experience from the last exhibition and make a plea for the next . |
| 6 | As the 1992 Art Materials Exhibition looms over the horizon , I would like to share my experience from the last exhibition and make a plea for the next . |
| 7 | Still , he 's a married man , and his wife is in her seventh month , from what I hear : that 's why she had to send her apologies at the last moment … |
| 8 | Certainly , Baker showed no ill-effects from his short lay-off when he beat fellow international Sammy Allen to book his place in the last eight . |
| 9 | We 're both Aquarian dreamers and have always been able to be ‘ alone ’ together , or step easily into imagination games , and Max — like me — has a fairy godmother who always seems to save his neck at the last minute . |
| 10 | Said that urgent business had cropped up and tried to cancel his appearance at the last minute . ’ |
| 11 | Having taken the opening game 15–4 , but losing the second 14–17 , the Surrey player , 24 , came back from 8–13 down in the decider to claim his place in the last four . |
| 12 | It is probably fanciful to cast Mrs Moore as Phaedra , or the P'daytabird as Theseus , but now Lewis was crossing the sea to see his father for the last time . |
| 13 | Not after she 's been waiting 200 years to get her hands on the last of the Gittels . |
| 14 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 15 | All the techniques in taekwondo are flexible and allow the practitioner to change his mind at the last minute as to which block or punch will provide him with the best defence or counter-attack . |
| 16 | And , if you 're travelling solo , no one 's going to compensate you for having to change your plans at the last minute . |
| 17 | A hospital for pensioners that opened almost a hundred years ago is about to close its doors for the last time . |
| 18 | I find it very hard to explain his behaviour during the last month of his life . |
| 19 | Cameron turned back into the house for his cloak and tried to order his thoughts as the last fogginess of sleep evaporated in his head . |
| 20 | Use this method of checking to test your answers to the last exercise . |
| 21 | Read it first and keep it in this file ready to refresh your memory at the last moment ; |
| 22 | The definitive chassis , designed by Englishman Tony Southgate , is expected to make its debut in the last two WSC races this year . |
| 23 | Ms Donovan worked for a local authority and , during the course of disciplinary proceedings , was told that she would be permitted to terminate her employment on the last day of the year if she so wished . |