Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [verb] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It took several minutes , and then suddenly another wave pulled the last line free , unwinding from her thigh , to relinquish its grip like some long thin tentacle .
2 This key deletes the last character typed in .
3 If some uncertainty surrounds the last stage of the book 's genesis , we can at least say something about its author 's state of mind on the eve of publication .
4 Our 1910 sample did serve its apprenticeship in trade-union organization , and this episode provides the last chapter in the story .
5 One single-handed edged weapon — not a two-handed weapon or an axe — can be sharpened with this tool , and this act drains the last magic from it ( other weapons can be sharpened subsequently , but this will not enchant them ) .
6 It 's not as if they get much study done the last week or so anyway . ’
7 Let one such ordinand have the last word : ‘ If a student leaves college as a musical novice ( both in terms of their own singing ability and their ability to select music for worship ) then the worship of the churches in which they serve is going to be severely disadvantaged …
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