Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the last [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFTER more than 31 years working for , electrical engineer has packed away his drawing board for the last time and started his retirement . |
| 2 | Settlement ‘ I would have thought that they would have learned from the public ridicule of the last month and made certain that they did n't get up to these things again , ’ he told the Press Association . |
| 3 | She clambered over the side of the last truck and crouched down out of sight . |
| 4 | According to FDR 's Splendid Deception by Hugh Gregory Gallagher : ‘ It seems undeniable that depressive neurosis — a state of reactive depression — was a condition of the last year and a half of his life . ’ |
| 5 | He had his beloved wife Helen by his side in the last days and hours of his life . |
| 6 | The collapse of the pound in the last month or two could mean that the party 's over for PC buyers , with the downward spiral of prices finally bottoming out . |
| 7 | Dealers have reported some very heavy selling of the nil-paid stock over the last fortnight and yesterday 's rise , with the ordinary shares up 16 at 693p and the rights stock up 16 at 85p , was dismissed as a technical bounce . |
| 8 | Can I can I say before I do launch into the amendment to Mr that you have played your card at the last election and the Leicestershire public has resoundedly given their answer to your particular policies . |
| 9 | His only serious challenger was E.S.B. , but Devon Loch was a length to the good at the last fence and started to pull away up the run-in , over a quarter of a mile long . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , it was important throughout the latter part of the last century and well into this one . |
| 11 | Unpleasant and smelly as the operation was , she felt a surge of exultation when she cut the thread of the last suture and surveyed her unconscious patient . |
| 12 | Well , she 's been having an affair with this bloke for the last year or so and then out of the blue he turned round and … |
| 13 | But it is important to see that the great European population changes which are almost entirely the work of the last century and a half are not just of statistical interest . |
| 14 | The economic growth of the 1960s and early 1970s came to grief because of the western economic slump of the last decade and the massive increase in the Southern population . |
| 15 | In spite of the weaknesses in his attempted synthesis , the same can be said of him in the context of the theology of the last century and a half as of Sir Christopher Wren on his tomb in St Paul 's Cathedral , Si monumentum requiris , circumspice — ‘ If you would see his memorial , look around you . ’ |
| 16 | The point of introducing this distinction between determination in the last instance and the structure in dominance is to combine the idea that the practices of which society is made up are mutually determining with the ultimate dominance of the economy . |
| 17 | Spartak drew 0-0 at home in the last round and won 5-1 away so we must be careful . |
| 18 | In fact , the courts have progressively narrowed this species of manslaughter over the last century or so : there was a time when the mere commission of a tort or civil wrong sufficed as the ‘ unlawful act ’ , and when there was no additional requirement of ‘ dangerousness ’ to be satisfied . |
| 19 | If it is the latter , then we are seeing a constant rate of rape over the last decade but where women are more willing to make legal complaints and the police and courts not willing to convict other than a very small increase in the number . |
| 20 | Thanks to the committee members for all their help over the last year and particularly to Graham Espin for many years of enthusiastic effort with the committee , to Ross Hamilton our treasurer for all his hard work , to Mrs Sheila Peterson for her abilities as vice chairman and particularly her talent with the children at our functions , to Miss Netta Gibling who , as ever , provides continuity and expertise as secretary . |
| 21 | Lynne voted Conservative at the last election and Labour in 1983 , but this time is uncommitted to any party . |
| 22 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
| 23 | His personal score stood at seven which made him an ace and then came that morning of ferocious winds and driving snow when he 'd come in at four hundred feet , flying blind , lost his engine at the last moment and crash-landed . |
| 24 | In the move between the last position and this , a number of the Jocks had taken the opportunity to make a hot drink , and as the chill of early morning crept into them , the sweet tea lifted their morale . |
| 25 | I suppose if we look at British history there was a period in the last century and earlier where we did a pretty good job of conquering people , but we do n't feel too badly about that , but we feel pretty indignant about Germany trying to take a bit more territory at various points . |
| 26 | His mind flew back with ease to the last war and an up-and-coming young officer on a smoke-belching dread-nought at Jutland . |
| 27 | Although Stranraer were in command from the start of the final , they were in danger of losing four shots and the match at the last end but a missed stone from the opposing skip handed them victory . |
| 28 | When a stem is cut midway between nodes , there is nothing the plant can do with the stem part above the last growth or eye , and so it dies back . |
| 29 | They then repeat the last but one segment with the last segment and finally they repeat the whole sentence . |
| 30 | I 'm grateful to North Yorkshire and through you to the Strensall people for the arrangements and the use of the Village Hall and I think I must commend Mr Whipp for his fortitude through the last week or so . |