Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] [prep] the last " in BNC.

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1 It only starts counting from the first row of an entry and stops at the last .
2 If you selected a word hold down the Shift key and click on the last word of the selection — similarly for paragraphs .
3 There are burial chambers and standing stones from the Bronze Age , Iron Age forts , and tramways from mining and quarrying in the last century .
4 The multinationals have moved to other countries because of the civil war and according to the last report , in May 1983 , there were only four factories still operating in the multinational industrial parks .
5 We deserved our lead and to lose in the last minute was terrible . ’
6 To link Walker with skipper Tony Adams would also continue a partnership which has looked sound and secure in the last two England internationals .
7 Setting the briefcase back down , she dug the notes out of the pocket and turned to the last page , smiling rather nastily .
8 He could n't go back now , not after all the planning and scheming of the last few months .
9 She had n't done that she said since she was my age and came to the last page of Le Rouge et le Noir .
10 I was looking down at my plate , licking my finger and picking off the last few crumbs , transferring them to my mouth .
11 Where the terrain increases in difficulty , or the whole party is forced onto the same flank , the leader climber can place sling and nut runners , which are clipped back down the rope and collected by the last member .
12 the date of its incorporation ) and ends on the last day of the reference period and that subsequent financial years begin with the day immediately following the end of the previous financial year and end with the last day of its next accounting reference period ‘ or on such other date not more than seven days before or after the end of that period as the directors may determine . ’
13 But as we leave the twentieth century and reflect on the last 100 years , we should expect more than a shallow gallery of designer fancies .
14 Her distraught South African fiance Cuan Cronje had planned to accompany the two women on their safari trip but cancelled at the last minute .
15 It has a symbolic broom and drives behind the last man on the road , ready to sweep up those who abandon the race .
16 When , not long before his execution , he passed comment on the mass-murder of the Nazi camps , it was only to point out that there were problems in supply and control during the last days of the Third Reich .
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