Example sentences of "[vb base] the last [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delete the last sentence of the first paragraph |
| 2 | In desperation , once we hit the less-trafficked back roads south-east of Manor House , I cover the last leg on the well-polished bodywork of someone 's brand new Volvo . |
| 3 | By contrast , most British supporters walk the last part of the way to the stadium and derive a greater sense of excitement , anticipation and being part of a crowd . |
| 4 | ( In the proof stage I nearly cut the last sentence in the book , which was that we would know the mind of God . |
| 5 | He also cut the last line of the final song , ‘ Rest till the rosy morn 's uprise ’ , leaving the Fairy Queen herself at the centre of a choral lullaby . |
| 6 | The power of the Imperial illusion is only properly appreciated when we watch the last phase in the career of a politician 's politician of the first rank , Joseph Chamberlain . |
| 7 | He saw it all reflected in the eyes of those blood-spattered gallopers and bears and lions and tigers and ostriches , all frozen in mid-stride , helpless witnesses of the terror they could not run from , and Preston trying desperately to escape from it , as much in terror of the mutilated corpse of Mary Moxton as he was of her murderer , and running from room to room and pulling open the last door of the last room and out into the night and down the long black tunnel under the railway line getting closer and closer to the grey patch of light at the end until , on the verge of safety , the figure would leap out at him in its bloody clothes with the meat cleaver in its hands … |
| 8 | In the darkness , the driver of Gould 's car kept repeating , ‘ They always get the last car in the convoy … they always get the last car in the convoy ’ , but Gould knew that he would not get hit . |
| 9 | In the darkness , the driver of Gould 's car kept repeating , ‘ They always get the last car in the convoy … they always get the last car in the convoy ’ , but Gould knew that he would not get hit . |
| 10 | Returning to the ground floor once more , visit the last interior in the Clementinum to be finished . |
| 11 | Copy the last sentence of the first paragraph and insert it as a separate paragraph at the end of the task , one clear line space below the paragraph starting ‘ NOISE … ‘ |
| 12 | Use the last phrase of the previous section to get smoothly into the opening phrase of the next movement . |
| 13 | Of course , eventually the samples reach the last capacitor in the chain , where they provide the output signal before being discarded . |
| 14 | Cornish people of southwestern England believe souls progress through various stages , reducing in size each time until they reach the last stage of the cycle before passing to Heaven or Hell . |
| 15 | Let St. John have the last word on the subject . |
| 16 | SO WE have The Last Wilderness in the Northern Pennines an area of outstanding natural beauty . |
| 17 | We also sold some copies of Mrs Janet Preshous 's book Bishop 's Castle Well-Remembered ( see the last issue of the Journal ) . |
| 18 | Anderson ( 1977 ) has used systematic point sampling from the Ministry of Agriculture 's Land Classification maps ( see the last section of the chapter for a commentary ) to produce land use estimates very similar to Best 's as shown in Table 8.2 , and in the uplands , Parry et al . |
| 19 | ‘ within the limits of an uncontrolled zebra crossing ’ See the last point for the meaning of ‘ limits ’ . |
| 20 | 3.9 References to " the last year of the Term " include the last year of the Term if the Term shall determine otherwise than by effluxion of time and references to " the expiration of the Term " include such other determination of the Term |