Example sentences of "and [art] last [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | I have suggested that we use Maa with subtitles ( I am thinking of Dances With Wolves and The Last of the Mohicans ) . |
2 | Cardiff watched as the three policemen on the cordon-barrier lifted the wooden pole and the last of the police cars slid past and vanished into the storm . |
3 | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton 's father was Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton , first Baron Lytton as distinct from first Earl , and wrote some massive novels including Eugene Aram ( 3 vols. 1832 ) , The Last Days of Pompeii ( 3 vols. 1834 ) , The Caxtons ( 3 vols. 1849 ) and The Last of the Barons ( 1843 ) . |
4 | He stumped off , in search of split infinitives and incorrect usages of the adverb ‘ hopefully ’ , and the Last of the Hippies picked up his Moonchild or Starbeam or whatever , and calmed her down . |
5 | I mean Jim went to work at one o'clock and the last of the kids went home , I 've had my dinner |
6 | THREE-quarters of the track including half the through lines , the semaphore signals , the last vestiges of freight facilities and the last of the men who used proudly to work for the old railway company have gone , yet the long-distance service is faster , more frequent and above all better used than at any time in railway history , and the number of passengers passing through probably at an all time high . |
7 | Cardiff turned away from the rain-streaked window as the policemen on cordon-duty lifted the wooden pole and the last of the cars slid away into the night . |
8 | ‘ So here we are , ’ Ratagan said , ‘ in Talisker , biggest city of the north , and the last before the mountains . |