Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could feel the tension among the large audience of Spaniards and British and Americans , a tension that relaxed into applause as I blew the last candle out and the room lamps came on . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm just trying to get some perspective here , ’ he said as I twisted the last coldness from my beer bottle . |
| 3 | But as I say the last bit where you sa dur during the course of the , of this conversation it almost sounded as though you were gon na , you 're doing it parrot , parrot fashion whereas the rest of it was , was superb , there was no , no problems in that . |
| 4 | This fantasy was so vivid to her that she would even rehearse this line out loud , looking at herself in her mirror as she smoked the last cigarette of the night , after she 'd taken her face off , after all the noise was over and we 'd all gone home . |
| 5 | As she reached the last step Travis appeared through a door to her left . |
| 6 | She touched Artemis lightly on the shoulder as she said the last word , and throwing away her lipstick-stained cigarette butt , fell into step beside them . |
| 7 | She could have kicked herself as she added the last bit . |
| 8 | As she finished the last morsel of a perfectly running Brie , she said , sighing : |
| 9 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 10 | It was as she put the last plate on the table that the door opened and Carrie Smith entered the kitchen . |
| 11 | Before us , in a sort of alcove brilliantly lighted … was a long table set out as one sees the Last Supper pourtrayed at Milan or elsewhere , with no one on the near side of the table … |
| 12 | As property prices in London were moving upwards , Eva 's shrewd plan was to decorate the flat as we had the last house , sell at a profit , and move on . |
| 13 | As we approach the last years of the 20th century , environmental damage to the earth , air and water threaten the basic resources on which we depend . ’ |
| 14 | As they rounded the last corner the leaders had the main field breathing down their necks . |
| 15 | As they entered the last fortnight of the share sale there was still a shade under half the £6.5 million to be raised . |
| 16 | But who would think of refusing Lucy 's invitations , providing as they did the last vestige of a social occasion within the enclave ? |
| 17 | Alan Calladine , the Midland Railway Trust 's Development officer , commented : ‘ There is no doubt that this machine is one of the more important items in our collection , as it represents the last stages of steam locomotive production from the Derby Locomotive Works . |
| 18 | A shower of jeers greeted him from the queue and , as he passed the last boy , who was just out of sight of Mr Gillis , a foot shot out , caught him on the ankle and down he went , sprawling on the wooden floor . |
| 19 | He saw the spot of bright buttercup colour as he rounded the last curve before the crossroads . |
| 20 | He was looking , without seeming to look , at Andropulos as he said the last words and felt almost certain that he saw a flicker of expression cross his face . |
| 21 | JB , who lives with his publican owners , always makes a bee-line for the regulars as soon as he hears the last orders bell . |
| 22 | As he kept the last Christmas of his life at Saumur , he can hardly have failed to see how many of his barons stayed away , a sure sign that they were preparing to transfer their allegiance to Richard and Philip . |
| 23 | He shuddered as he pronounced the last word . |
| 24 | Billingsley asked as he threw the last cartridge overboard . |
| 25 | The balloon burst as he scrawled the last letter . |
| 26 | Half way down he heard a commotion below and quickened his heavy step in time to see , as he turned the last bend in the staircase , a slight figure slip out through the iron gate at the main entrance . |
| 27 | NIGHT OF JOY DELIGHT for Dion Dublin as he hits the last minute winner on his full debut for United . |
| 28 | One comes and stands next to Tony , watching as he secures the last bit to his boat . |
| 29 | And , as he enters the last week of a career which spans more than 30 years , he knows he made the right choice . |
| 30 | No , the man said , sighing as he downed the last spread of goat 's cheese , he had not heard of the Borrowdale cuckoo . |