Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the last [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I grumble about the last movement of the Tchaikovsky , I certainly would not complain about the delicacy of the pizzicato of the third movement . |
| 2 | Hunt for the last wolf in Norway |
| 3 | GREAT Britain full back Graham Steadman has been fined £1,000 for failing a drugs test after the last match of this summer 's Lions tour . |
| 4 | Try the following two fillings ( they can both be prepared a day in advance and refrigerated ) , but wait until the last minute before filling the choux buns to prevent the pastry going soggy . |
| 5 | Their calibre , though , is impossible to deny : listen to the last half of Divine Madness and you 'll hear the most consistently pugnacious and provocative music British pop has turned up in the last 15 years . |
| 6 | He scored a three count on the last end of the final match against Essex for victory as Suffolk 's young bowlers held their breath for an improbable win . |
| 7 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |
| 8 | ‘ Welcome to the last outpost of British incompetence , ’ beams Victor Gauntlett , extending a large hand and an air of bonhomie . |
| 9 | Welcome to the last session of the day . |
| 10 | As we have , therefore , travelled together through so many pages , let us behave to one another like fellow-travellers in a stage coach , who have passed several days in the company of each other : and who , notwithstanding any bickerings or little animosities which may have occurred on the road , generally make up at last , and mount for the last time into their vehicle with cheerfulness and good humour ; since after this one stage , it may possibly happen to us , as it commonly happens to them , never to meet more . |
| 11 | blank entries which lie between the last entry of the data being scrolled and the last line of the scrolled area , ( the DEFAULT marker ) . |
| 12 | They meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 8pm at Stokesley Sports Club . |
| 13 | Look at the Last Night of the Proms from the Albert Hall ; the whole country joins in . |
| 14 | Before we look at the last goal of transformation , unbending curved relationships , it will be helpful to return briefly to the debate about the goals of development . |
| 15 | When , not long before his execution , he passed comment on the mass-murder of the Nazi camps , it was only to point out that there were problems in supply and control during the last days of the Third Reich . |
| 16 | The contrast is striking , and can not be dismissed as irrelevant to the social and other problems that we confront in the last decade of our century . |
| 17 | ‘ I find by the time I get to the last houses on Christmas Eve , rum custard has congealed into a nasty skin , ’ he said . |
| 18 | It should be borne in mind , too , that only five German players — Buchwald , Kholer , Hasler , Klinsmann and Doll — remain from the last meeting of the two countries . |
| 19 | The one in mind had a sponsor who sells Murphy 's Irish beer and a 46-year-old Argentinian winner , Vicente Fernandez , who did a head-over-heels roll on the last green after downing a mile-long uphill putt , the longest victory shot of the year . |
| 20 | 1 Where do we first learn about Auntie 's excellent eye-sight ? 2 Where do we first learn that Auntie can see into the future ? 3 How do we know that Auntie did not see the fire at the office block where she used to work ? 4 What exactly did Auntie foresee on the last afternoon of her life ? 5 Why did Auntie save Billy 's life , even though she knew that she herself would die ? |
| 21 | The MPs had become increasingly sceptical of British Rail 's demand that the bill go ahead before BR and Eurorail , the private-sector consortium , decide on the last section of the tunnel route . |
| 22 | The settlement price ( or the exchange delivery settlement price , EDSP ) is the trading price ( per 100 nominal ) for the futures contract on the last day of trading . |
| 23 | Go for the last couple of lines whate whatever stage you 're at . |
| 24 | the date of its incorporation ) and ends on the last day of the reference period and that subsequent financial years begin with the day immediately following the end of the previous financial year and end with the last day of its next accounting reference period ‘ or on such other date not more than seven days before or after the end of that period as the directors may determine . ’ |
| 25 | Roger Savage notes a ‘ Shakespearean precedent ’ : Falstaff in the last act of The Merry Wives of Windsor is assailed by ‘ moonshine revellers ’ dressed as ‘ the Fairy Queen , fairies , and Hobgoblin' . |
| 26 | If you selected a word hold down the Shift key and click on the last word of the selection — similarly for paragraphs . |
| 27 | okay , well one last thing , I start with the last thing at the beginning , strangely , I mean you 're obviously getting all the technical details and all the expertise from people who know far better than I do , so I 'm not going to go into much technical detail until perhaps a bit later , which might come up if we get a debate going or when I look at your press releases . |
| 28 | We may note in passing that ( as they should ) the columns unc and unc of Table 1 agree with the last columns of B , C , D , E , F ( subject to rounding-off errors in the last place of decimals ) . |
| 29 | Return for the last time to the Hall and enter the Diet , with its throne of 1836 . |
| 30 | ‘ When it come to the last quarter of an hour , you want to have that last a long while ! ’ |