Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | IRELAND have the expertise — they are coached by Munster senior coach Garrett Fitzgerald — and the talent to reach the last eight . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In another action , the speed marchers stretched their stride to cover the last 6 of 20 desert miles after a sharp night action . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Johansson and Rumar ( 1966 ) stopped over 1,000 drivers by the roadside 710m along the road from a road sign placed there by the experimenters and asked the drivers to describe the last road sign they had seen . |
| 10 | Finally , when the stream dried up to a dribble , she popped the man 's wet dick in her mouth to savour the last few drops . |
| 11 | Looking out over the Brussels skyline , it occurs to me that Carter may well not have that many more opportunities to have the last laugh on a scale like this . |
| 12 | She returned to the brightly coloured pages of her magazine , leaving Frankie to eat the last remaining quarter of his jam sandwich in peace . |
| 13 | Lack of early-season form undermined their attempts to reach the last eight of the Benson & Hedges Cup , and in the Refuge League they were inconsistent . |
| 14 | It was organised by several local groups , including Wensleydale railway association , which sees the present 22 mile branch as a vital link in its campaign to restore the last 17 miles of the Wensleydale line between Redmire and Garsdale . |
| 15 | In sudden determination to have the last word , she chased after him . |
| 16 | In 1982 , when the Israeli army surrounded Beirut and the Palestinian guerrillas agreed to leave , I was down in those same front lines , invited by a Palestinian gunman to push the last sandbags from his position now that the final ceasefire had been called . |
| 17 | In a similar situation some years ago Rwanda had to abandon a plan to move the last 146 elephants in the country 40 km through a densely populated area because they could not find anyone in Africa who could run the drive . |
| 18 | A line of the malabars , named after the Indian immigrants who had brought them to the colony , had been drawn up under the trees in the square outside the Continental Palace Hotel when they emerged to go to Cholon with Jacques and Paul Devraux to buy the last of their hunting supplies . |
| 19 | Its roots were firmly tethered in the arms race generated by the desire to win the last World War . |
| 20 | This is a good moment to recall the last trickle of white immigration to arouse official panic . |
| 21 | Individuals and small parties join together in the open water outside the kelp beds , where they swim up and down as if trying to get the courage to attempt the last lap . |
| 22 | Which was good from the point of view that you took thirteen minutes to do the first three and then two minutes to do the last , last three . |
| 23 | But skipper Gary McAllister is backing ‘ Lucky ’ Lukic to give them the foundation to reach the last eight , and its lucrative mini-leagues , with a display which will restore his reputation . |
| 24 | One can scarcely comprehend a hand-chiselled stollen being taken right through to the water — no drill holes to probe ahead and no explosives to blast the last few feet away . |
| 25 | Catching the rays of sunshine this variety lights up the shrub border to prolong the last few days of autumn . |
| 26 | Their parody of two drunken journalists provided the Royal couple with a chance to have the last laugh on Fleet Street . |
| 27 | But then , as if Waimea had prematurely taken its gloves off , the waves all round him eased and he took advantage of the lull to belt the last thirty yards to the beach . |
| 28 | It took only minutes under the hot jets to wash the last dreamy remnants of sleep away , and then once again all the previous night 's fears came rushing back . |
| 29 | He loves nothing more than slaving over a hot work bench to extract the last 0.5bhp needed to win his rider a world title , but as Yamaha 's GP technical co-ordinator last year he did n't get that chance . |
| 30 | The former title-holder , Jansher Khan , also from Pakistan , plays Bryan Beeson , who became the second Briton to reach the last eight by overcoming Jason Nicolle , 15-7 , 15-13 , 15-6 in a tussle of English giant-killers . |