Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] on the last [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He was sitting alone , off to one side , watching a historical simularity , shipped in on the last supply drone , that vas playing in the centre of the room .
2 Further that we shall petition government tor an abolition and nullifying of the foresaid Act from the records of British parliament ; that the members of parliament for this county shall present this petition , or any annexed thereto , to the two Houses of Parliament , and to the Privy Council , during the prorogation of parliament — ‘ Menzies was seething and he broke in on the last words .
3 As the camera pulled back on the last shot and credits were shown on the screen , the tension in the studio relaxed , replaced by an exultant mood .
4 We took off on the last leg for Tromsø .
5 Moodie , suffering a bout of flu , kept up the momentum but eased off on the last lap with a minor suspension problem .
6 A memo by a lieutenant-colonel on the staff ( whose signature is illegible ) to the Director of Military Operations at MEHQ gives an insight into what was in the pipeline for L Detachment , ‘ which went out on the last operation hurriedly and ill organised .
7 Yet when I looked back on the last hour or so I could come to only one conclusion .
8 He spoke out on the last day of Labour 's Scottish conference in Inverness , which ended with the party in better spirits than organisers could have dared hope even a week ago .
9 We slept out on the last fields , leaving the 90 zigzags of path up to the plateau for the next day .
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