Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my own case I know that the first link produces the last through the intermediate link , and could not produce it without . |
| 2 | Satisfied , Barry Silk laid the last item of his equipment lovingly down , almost as if for a kit inspection . |
| 3 | Sitting alone at her kitchen table , Kelly read the last words ever written by her father . |
| 4 | Nobody is claiming that the Brooklands offers the last word in performance , fuel economy , space efficiency , silence or ergonomic excellence . |
| 5 | On Nov. 27 the Federal Court ruled that the half-canton of Appenzell-Innerrhoden should grant women the vote at cantonal and communal level with immediate effect , a decision breaching the last bastion of all-male suffrage in Europe . |
| 6 | An attempt to include such a ban sank the last effort at constitutional reform , made by Congress in 1989 . |
| 7 | As the Owls entered the last 25 minutes , they needed just one goal to square the tie — and they looked perfectly capable of getting it . |
| 8 | The deal represents the last part of GrandMet 's £550m disposal of Express . |
| 9 | Toney made the last day and the final two rounds , and I was on my way . |
| 10 | In 1922 Parma became the last city in Italy to give in to Mussolini , and then only after violent fighting Oltre Torrente . |
| 11 | The exodus of East Germans continued : 18,000 streamed into West Germany before their country took belated action to plug the last hole in its borders by requiring visas for all future trips to Czechoslovakia . |
| 12 | A river of molten rock overwhelmed the last of five big dykes , hurriedly built by villagers to protect their homes , and surrounded Signor Giuseppe Fichera 's farm cottage , only 150 yards from the nearest permanently inhabited house . |
| 13 | Des Penrose described the last moments of Mew Gull G–AEXF to the HAA . |
| 14 | IRELAND have the expertise — they are coached by Munster senior coach Garrett Fitzgerald — and the talent to reach the last eight . |
| 15 | GERMANY , another side to have ‘ employed ’ the technical know-how of a foreigner ( Emil Signes , the former coach and current manager of the US Eagles sevens side ) were equally unsuccessful in their bid to reach the last four . |
| 16 | What emerges from an attempt to answer the last question is that the known low-cost reserves will have been significantly run down by 2025 , but total reserves are large , sufficient to last for more than 400 years at present rates of consumption , according to one estimate . |
| 17 | By contrast , most British supporters walk the last part of the way to the stadium and derive a greater sense of excitement , anticipation and being part of a crowd . |
| 18 | It 's not as if they get much study done the last week or so anyway . ’ |
| 19 | Graf dropped the last four games of the second set after serving for the match at 5–3 , but then powered past fifth-seeded Sabatini 6–2 5–7 6–1 . |
| 20 | This key deletes the last character typed in . |
| 21 | In another action , the speed marchers stretched their stride to cover the last 6 of 20 desert miles after a sharp night action . |
| 22 | In June , the new centre took a major step towards completion when the Rt Hon Norman Irons , Lord Provost of Edinburgh , attended a special ceremony to fit the last reflective glass panel into place . |
| 23 | As the jeep turned the last curve at the foot of the slope the Brigadier braked and pointed . |
| 24 | It seems as though , when the need was felt again for a monument to adorn the last resting place of the rich and great , it was met by monumentalising the only existing art , that of painted pottery . |
| 25 | The Welshman had two chances at the pink to win the last frame of the afternoon but it was Hendry , with pink and black , who went through to play John Parrott in tomorrow 's semi-final . |
| 26 | TEENAGERS facing the last two years of compulsory schooling will be able to study new ‘ short courses ’ as an alternative to full GCSE ones . |
| 27 | TEENAGERS facing the last two years of compulsory schooling will be able to study new ‘ short courses ’ as an alternative to full GCSE ones . |
| 28 | The Old Trafford defender collected the last of his 17 caps against Germany in September last year and is certain to play some part against Turkey because of the earlier withdrawal of QPR 's David Bardsley . |
| 29 | THE province 's top triathletes are set to converge on Newtownabbey this weekend as the borough hosts the last major event in the |
| 30 | Goalkeeper Bolder off his line , punched away only to Andy Melville on the edge of the penalty area ; Melville ran forward after picking up the loose ball , hammered it forward , Martin Foyle getting the last touch of the ball into the corner of the net , and United now seemingly pushing forward towards three points . |