Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She remembered also , the hand of one of the drowning men , rising up out of the torrent and clutching , clutching at empty air before being dragged under for the last time . |
| 32 | As we have observed in earlier chapters , one of the major concerns of government one which can be traced back to the last century — is the control of the level of expenditure by the state . |
| 33 | But with the base set to close , the planes have flown out for the last time . |
| 34 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
| 35 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
| 36 | This point is proved along with the last point . |
| 37 | Not surprisingly , then , their package of proposals for constitutional change has much in common with the perspective set down in the last section . |
| 38 | Many medieval millers paid their rent to the lord of the manor in eels ; and when the water-mill in the centre of Stafford was pulled down after the last war , the laconic miller expressed as his only regret : ‘ I shall miss the eels . ’ |
| 39 | Teeside Park , founded by the government-funded Teeside Development Corporation and borough council-funded Preston Farm and the Bowesfield industrial estates have sprung up since the last election . |
| 40 | Most of the books that had been set out on the last delivery had gone , and now more volumes were being added . |
| 41 | They were all sitting there staring at me and Monsieur de Levantiére said , ‘ This is Constance , who has kindly stepped in at the last moment . ’ |
| 42 | No , no member of stage two 's gone out in the last month . |
| 43 | To load a program into the computer : this does not mean that the future has been planned down to the last detail , that everything is written ‘ up above ’ . |
| 44 | It did not seem so cute after a massive explosion ripped apart the pilot plant ( ironically as it was being shut down for the last time ) and killed two of Dequasie 's colleagues . |
| 45 | Beating off an ambush by ‘ eighty infidels on foot ’ , he and his train headed off on the last stage of his journey through the burning plains of the Punjab towards the mighty Indian capital and the palace of the Sultan . |
| 46 | He experienced the joy of scoring Omagh 's first two goals in the opening period but had the opposite feelings of emotion when he was sent off in the last minute . |
| 47 | On 1st April 1989 , annual domestic rate bills were sent out for the last time . |
| 48 | He became aware of the disapproving looks his noisy party were receiving from some of the older locals who had drifted in over the last hour . |
| 49 | ‘ I got held up at the last minute . ’ |