Example sentences of "as he [verb] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | He saw the spot of bright buttercup colour as he rounded the last curve before the crossroads . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | JB , who lives with his publican owners , always makes a bee-line for the regulars as soon as he hears the last orders bell . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | He shuddered as he pronounced the last word . |
7 | Billingsley asked as he threw the last cartridge overboard . |
8 | The balloon burst as he scrawled the last letter . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | NIGHT OF JOY DELIGHT for Dion Dublin as he hits the last minute winner on his full debut for United . |
11 | One comes and stands next to Tony , watching as he secures the last bit to his boat . |
12 | And , as he enters the last week of a career which spans more than 30 years , he knows he made the right choice . |
13 | No , the man said , sighing as he downed the last spread of goat 's cheese , he had not heard of the Borrowdale cuckoo . |