Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] to the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have seen it — Not long ago , in Moscow on quite another mission , I tiptoed up the great empty staircase and , with a diplomatic passport in my pocket , stood in the eternal dusk that shrouds old ballrooms when they are asleep — With its plump brown pillars and gilded mirrors , it was better suited to the last hours of a sinking liner than the launch of a great initiative . |
| 2 | Although her owners had tried every method of finding her , including local radio appeals , Tim Charlesworth eventually turned to the last resort of hiring a helicopter to help in the search . |
| 3 | ‘ We were singing There was a Princess Long Ago and had just got to the last verse , ‘ Now everybody 's happy now ’ , when the headmistress came in and said the King had died . |
| 4 | The genitive suffix is always added to the last element of a word group : the Prince of Wales 's birthday ; a day or two 's rest . |
| 5 | Sam 's mind quickly returned to the last time he had seen Clare , when she had returned early from the beach to find Sam in their bed , and not alone . |
| 6 | He was , and clearly remained to the last days of his long life , a fairly severe obsessional-rigid , indecisive , racked with doubts and unable to rid himself of a penchant for rather down-market women which led him into a series of miserable relationships . |
| 7 | What was in the bottle that he had thus publicly drained to the last drop ? |