Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] be the last " in BNC.

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1 She also turned out to be the last close friend I had for an awfully long time .
2 The film was made in 1987 and turned out to be the last chance for outsiders to trace the old route to China before Burma 's political blow-up of 1988 .
3 ‘ Anyway , for some reason Heather wanted to know all about the last time Clare had been here , which , as it happened , I remembered very well , not just because it turned out to be the last I ever saw of her , but on account of something odd that had occurred .
4 This turned out to be the last time The Committee saw a race course until this season and On The Other Hand then lost his form after his Leopardstown Chase win .
5 In fact , unbeknown to them , Franco had played a crucial role in the failure of what turned out to be the last of these , in September 1936 , shortly before his elevation to the position of Head of State .
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