Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catriona wiped down the last of her tables and suddenly realised that the conversation around her had stopped . |
| 2 | Facing a financially bleak Christmas , he scrimped together every last penny to afford presents for the four boys . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the decision was enough to make Labour 's ‘ sister party ’ bring down the last Labour Government and the working class throughout the UK is still paying for the SDLP 's pettiness . |
| 4 | This is a tricky exercise , but easier if you keep your glove at arm level , shield the bird from the wind with your body , and do n't try to jump down the last foot or two , and so jar the bird . |
| 5 | Even if the pilot is fully aware of being close to the stall , he will instinctively hold off until the glider stalls down the last few feet rather than fly into obstructions at speed . |
| 6 | The plastic version has only the last of these features and is 3 inches in depth . |
| 7 | She caught only the last few words : ‘ the sooner this dangerous person is apprehended the better ’ , and switched off in frustration . |
| 8 | A searing fire of elation bathed him suddenly , driving away the last vestiges of fear . |
| 9 | distinguish between the Tunguska terminal explosion and energy released by ablation and deceleration during atmospheric entry , with the explosion representing just the last 1% of the bolide 's energy . |
| 10 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 11 | She was wiping a crust of bread round the inside of her dish to catch up the last drops of broth . |
| 12 | I used up the last of the film and we headed towards the airfield . |
| 13 | As soon as she closed her eyes a dark , austerely handsome face filled her mind , crowding out the last of her lingering fright , and when she eventually managed to get back to sleep it was to dream of Michele Lorenzo once more . |
| 14 | So what thoughts will be going through your mind when you send out the last Grand National runner ? |
| 15 | The next day he drew out the last of his savings from the bank and left for Cornwall . |
| 16 | The Beech Naiad let out a last cry of desolation , and fell to the floor . |
| 17 | A pyromaniac does n't throw away the last three matches . |
| 18 | Welcoming Lenin 's New Economic Policy , he expressed the hope that the development of Anglo-Soviet trade would persuade Russia to ‘ throw away the last shreds of Bolshevism and Communism by which it is at present fettered . ’ |
| 19 | Or coming to consciousness in the coffin , tons of silent earth pressing down , his own lungs sucking away the last of the air . |
| 20 | A friend of both of them , who has watched this unhappy saga unfold over the last decade , now concedes : ‘ I am sorry for the tragedy of it all . |
| 21 | Alistair MacDonald , the director , has seen the play germinate over the last 18 months from roots in the Gaelic Youth Theatre summer school in 1991 and an experimental workshop production at the Mod Fringe in Dingwall the same year . |
| 22 | The emergence of such standards , and the ability to re-use programs written in conventional languages , should bring down the last barriers to wide acceptance of parallel computing . |
| 23 | Her colleagues said she came down the last few hundred feet singing Flower of Scotland with her instructor . |
| 24 | Work your way to the end of the plot — top spit into the bottom , bottom to the top — filling in the last trench with the barrowed soil . |
| 25 | Researchers at the Salk Institute in California have at last tracked down the last of the ‘ releasing factors ’ secreted by cells in the hypothalamus that have long been assumed to regulate the release of hormones from the pituitary gland ( Trends in Neurosciences . |
| 26 | Then , on her hands and knees , she worked her way methodically across the floor , picking up every last piece of broken pottery or glass she could find . |
| 27 | With the dress ordered , church and reception booked , invitations sent and wedding lists prepared probably the last thing on your mind is YOU ! |
| 28 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 29 | If they succeed , they will give up the last vestiges of the party state and refute the criticisms that they are only interested in the power and money accumulated by the Communists over the past 40 years , without accepting any blame for their actions . |
| 30 | She heard him catch at air , and cough up the last slime of the river . |