Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [noun] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman said the Longmont , Colorado-based firm ran in the black in the first two quarters but the colour turned blood red in the last half , particularly the third quarter . |
| 2 | India , which prided itself on the self-sufficiency achieved by its green revolution , was obliged to buy wheat in 1988–9 ; China 's imports of wheat reached record levels in the last years of the decade , a reflection , no doubt , not just of two years of drought but of a situation where peasants received certificates instead of cash for their crops . |
| 3 | Claire Clairmont saw Lord Byron for the last time in November 1821 , when her carriage was edged off the road outside Empoli by his magnificent coach and four with its wagon train and travelling menagerie . |
| 4 | BRITISH Pathe News Library , the film newsreel archive which chronicled world events of the last 100 years , has been acquired for $16m by Parkfield Group , the mini conglomerate . |
| 5 | His team just escaped relegation from Division One but after a disastrous run at the start of the following season , he left Maine Road for the last time . |