Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He lived in the last tomb , a bare chamber with a mat , a kettle , a kerosene stove and a radio which did n't work . |
| 2 | The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune . |
| 3 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |
| 4 | Alexander ‘ Greek ’ Thomson has an international reputation for the buildings he designed during the last century . |
| 5 | He walked silently along the thickly carpeted floor until he came to the last cubicle . |
| 6 | He turned to the last report made by the investigating officer before the file was consigned to Records . |
| 7 | But he was tt er a twist hand in the hosiery trade , making socks , and he worked in the last mobile , not mobile , er mechanical stocking manufacturers , owned by my uncle , Mr Frank , in Street and th what we used to called Street . |
| 8 | He was supposed to deliver a bull to the district officer , it was about three weeks ago , and he decided at the last moment to replace the bull with another one . |
| 9 | He thought of the last time he 'd seen Dad . |
| 10 | Although conceivably not before 994 , this was probably earlier , for the greatest possible length of time that could have elapsed between 994 and Æthelric 's death is five years — assuming that he died in the last year that the will could have been confirmed — and whether even this justifies the description " many years " seems questionable . |
| 11 | He looked at the last name on the list . |
| 12 | He looked for a last time at Lucille . |
| 13 | Throwing back his head , he looked for the last time at the cloud-torn sky , and begged the Lord to watch over them and keep them safe ; and then he was gone , and all that remained was the surging waves and the cold , white crests of foam . |
| 14 | Yesterday he smiled for the last time and said he did not wish to obstruct the work of Prime Minister Hans Modrow — who now constitutes , with a small group of associates from Dresden , the only remaining acceptable face of reform within the East German Communist Party . |
| 15 | The feeling was that Richards should have declared before he did as the last hour 's batting produced few runs , but when England set about playing out time , Larkins , having gone first ball in the first innings , lasted only one more this time . |
| 16 | In the editorial which he wrote for the last issue , he discussed the general political situation which had provoked in him a depression of spirit so different from anything he had experienced in the last fifty years as " to be a new emotion " ; but he also confessed to a feeling of staleness as editor . |
| 17 | He stayed till the last ball before lunch of a gripping third day , when Benjamin yorked him off stump ; his 163 was a remarkable effort after previously recording only four first-class centuries . |