Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] on the last " in BNC.

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1 Such is the power of suggestion that that night as I neared the top of the staircase , my foot stumbled on the last step but one .
2 But her voice quivered on the last word as she remembered the cold , dispassionate violence of the man in the alehouse .
3 Colonel Bumford took his opportunity to win on the last throw .
4 And his voice rose on the last two words .
5 It was already poured , and just as his hand closed on the last glass with pale gold contents , he caught sight of Meryl near the window with Gladys .
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