Example sentences of "he [verb] the last [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would stay until the first intermission , then leave him to watch the last complete performance alone . |
| 2 | Now , I did eventually get my father to tell me this ; and , according to him , it was just as he choked the last struggling life out of the dog that he heard another scream , this time from above , and inside the house , and that was the boy they called Paul being born . |
| 3 | His chuckle was rich , and his eyes creased in amusement as he narrowed the last little gap between them . |
| 4 | He finished the last hard pitch in darkness . |
| 5 | Since he survived the last great property collapse of the Seventies this should provide some comfort to holders of shares in property companies . |
| 6 | He dubbed them cheats , and told them they were swindling their audiences out of what he called the last great procession , when , after the wedding songs had been sung and the dances danced , the characters took their melancholy way off into darkness , following each other into oblivion . |
| 7 | In July 1990 , he grabbed the last qualifying place for the World Championship cycle in a hard-fought tournament in Manila by defeating Mikhail Gurevich , one of Kasparov 's former trainers , in the final game from a position most players would have given up as a draw . |
| 8 | And Malcolm Wilson made it two home drivers in the top 10 when he completed the last timed phase in seventh place behind the wheel of his Ford Sierra Cosworth . |
| 9 | She rubbed sinuously against him as she felt a deep thrill at his arousal , and shut her eyes as he removed the last fragile barrier . |