Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [verb] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Kemp has spent the last year in charge at Conference club Slough who have appointed former Millwall and Bradford City boss John Docherty in his place . |
2 | Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury . |
3 | Joyce Cormie , Development Officer , Fife , Age Concern Scotland Having spent the last year doing a study on day care in Fife , I have been asked to do this presentation on the implications of day care for planners . |
4 | Both phrases have been much invoked in recent weeks as in : ‘ Mulroney has driven the Last Spike into our National Dream . ’ |
5 | Now Vic has reached the last traffic lights before the system of tunnels and flyovers that will conduct him without further interruption through the centre of the city . |
6 | When Nicola had despatched the last brick she began to yell loudly . |
7 | It will be the ninth occasion that Twickenham has represented the last hurdle in Scotland 's attempt to capture the Triple Crown and only once — Wilson Shaw 's match in 1938 — has the elusive prize been garnered . |
8 | In an exhausting , exhilarating fortnight , they moved round the country triumphing gloriously at Cheshire , being demoralized at Cirencester , where they drew against a vastly inferior team , cockahoop at Kirtlington , and nearly coming unstuck at Windsor , where Perdita was sent off for swearing , so Rutshire had to play the last chukka with only three men , and only just won . |
9 | Workers from VOLSEC have spent the last year renovating the Ingrow Station and plan to replace the station buildings next year so I wonder if anything unexplained will be found then ? |
10 | He wondered if Gilbert White had seen the last edition of the Dictionary ( the seventh , 1756–59 ) where he had incorporated all the latest improvements in the culture of the cantaloupe melon . |
11 | Morgan had missed the last flight to Brussels the previous evening . |