Example sentences of "last [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the last cottage she paused as a woman appeared in the doorway . |
| 2 | In the last interview he gave to a French journalist before the war began , Ho , in envisaging the way in which ‘ at all costs war must be averted ’ , seemed to accept independence within the French Union ; although unless this was based on a total misunderstanding of the nature of the French Union , which also seems unlikely , this was probably more of a smoke-screen than a smoke-signal . |
| 3 | Mr Rumback had been asleep slumped over his desk and just as Endill removed the last screw he awoke with a start . |
| 4 | Last night they went to a back-street sauna , chatted politely , stripped , had sex with complete stranger , got dressed , went home , and did n't even trade phone numbers . |
| 5 | This is very embarrassing but last night I got into a bit of a state about not hearing from you for so long and I 'm afraid I sent you a completely mad letter which I … |
| 6 | ‘ Last night I went to an art exhibition in my sister-in-law 's gallery and then went to dinner to celebrate my brother-in-law 's birthday . |
| 7 | Last night I returned from a stint on the 1990 ITV Telethon , with steam issuing from my every pore . |
| 8 | Last night I dreamed of a prospect |
| 9 | Last night he played for a hand-picked team of personal friends against the national side after recent appearances to help out injury-hit Bayern Munich . |
| 10 | And last night it came to a head with Mr MacSharry privately blaming his interfering boss for his decision to stand down , and Commission sources confirming that he felt badly let down by M Delors . |
| 11 | Last night it cried like a little child , and I got out of bed and went to the window to listen . |
| 12 | And last night she went to a do at the American Embassy and came back with a packet of chocolate cookies — er — biscuits , no less . ’ |
| 13 | Last month he emerged from a meeting in the northern city of Olomouc with support for his ‘ Olomouc theses ’ , which outlined his ideas for the Forum in advance of its conference , due to open on January 12th . |
| 14 | Is he further aware that last week we heard of a thousand signalling faults on British Rail followed by this further terrible accident in the Severn tunnel , involving signal faults and negligence yet again ? |
| 15 | Last week we met as a team , working with and next week we will be meeting . |
| 16 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 17 | Last week we talked with an old friend , an African who is in charge of the welfare services for three towns . |
| 18 | One day last week we stopped in a deserted village and the guerrillas led me to where lunch was being prepared . |
| 19 | Last week I went to a fortune teller and she told me I would have another child even though I do n't want to . |
| 20 | Last week I went into a shop in which Andy Williams was gently exhorting the customers to have a merry , happy , lovely , beautiful , etc , etc . |
| 21 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
| 22 | Moreover , there is a safety aspect to water as a hazard — the last thing you want as a rider is for your horse to side-step a puddle into the path of an oncoming or passing vehicle . |
| 23 | But in the last quarter of last year we ran into an economic cliff , ’ says Alastair Balfour , of Scotland 's leading business publication , Scottish Business Insider . |
| 24 | As you may know , our family lived in NZ from 1969 to 1978 and last year we returned for a 6-month tour , but I 've never been over the Haast Pass so that is a personal goal for me ! |
| 25 | Last year he started as a rank outsider for the title . |
| 26 | Last year she asked for a big French dictionary for her birthday . ’ |
| 27 | Last weekend I went to a wedding and one lady came up and said : ‘ You are different from these people . ’ |
| 28 | When 's the last time we went for a meal ? |
| 29 | The last time I went for a smear and a blood pressure check and various things sh I , I said are you doing cholesterol checks ? |
| 30 | ‘ I could n't see anything last time I looked in a mirror . ’ |