Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos that 's why I did n't get any when I got my last prescription because I 'd been trying to just sort of even take one |
| 2 | Right , and it made my last week . |
| 3 | The expression on her face read my last remark as no more than a condescending gesture of patient sympathy such as she must have met many times before . |
| 4 | ‘ A FEW hours ago I discharged my last duty as the heir to the throne and now that I will be succeeded by my son , Prince William , my first words must be to declare my allegiance to him . |
| 5 | The government is also aware that during the next ten years Japan has its last chance to provide more of the amenities that most westerners take for granted . |
| 6 | THE final UCF road cycling event of the season takes place this evening at Burnhouse when the Vets League has its last event , a ‘ 10 ’ on the Moira Road with the first rider off at 6.45 . |
| 7 | AS Big Ben bings its last bong at midnight tonight it will be out with the old ITV and in with the new . |
| 8 | Do n't know her last name |
| 9 | No , I phoned her last night , she . |
| 10 | Substantial increases on the previous year were made by 446 Branches , 138 Branches sustained their last year 's contribution , which in many cases had already been a record , and only 43 were significantly down . |
| 11 | Many Titfords from a number of family branches found their last resting place at Abney Park . |
| 12 | We may therefore deflate B , omitting its last row and column and continue the iterations with the leading first minor of B. It is found that , after 22 more iterations , working to six decimal places , unc Thus , the eigenvalues of A are , in descending order of modulus , 12.5 , 5.0 , 2.5 , 0 . |
| 13 | Holders of certain cards are being exhorted in a brochure which accompanies their last statement to take advantage of credit facilities and spread their payments into the new year . |
| 14 | HAVING taken her revenge on Sue Wright , the English girl who beat her last year , world champion Susan Devoy of New Zealand will be challenged by Cassie Jackman , England 's No 5 and world junior champion , in the semi-finals of the Hi-Tec British Open Championships , at Wembley , today . |
| 15 | ‘ From your conversation with Nina , can I assume that Jennifer told you why I visited her last night ? ’ |
| 16 | There was a feeling that Mill House might just be coming out of the doldrums : he had won his last race , beating his solitary rival at Sandown Park for the princely sum of £426 , and appeared to be coming back to his old self . |
| 17 | ‘ Pay Homage should have won his last race at Goodwood and he 's been in fine form all year , ’ Ian said . |
| 18 | Do n't know his last name . |
| 19 | In 1799 as the new century dawned , Arthur Guinness , then seventy four , brewed his last ale . |
| 20 | But there was to be no happy ending , as first Barwick and then Treleaven beat his mark by a stroke , the latter even bogeying his last hole , the 18th , after his drive found the trees . |
| 21 | Harvey said how much he had enjoyed his last visit to Riga , and how sorry he was that he would n't be going there , and the man at the other end said that Leningrad was one of the most wonderful towns in the world . |
| 22 | Those who could n't read the words made them up , and Tich , who 'd lost his glasses , settled for singing ‘ Widecombe Fair ’ instead , coughing , spluttering and relishing his last night out . |
| 23 | He found his last meeting with the Shah a profoundly emotional experience and told the Shah he was so moved by the tragedy of it all that he would rather not speak . |
| 24 | Forget his last form figures because the shades have woken him up and he could be a long-priced winner despite the claims of Gold Blade and Ballyranter . |
| 25 | We can also point to grammatical parallelisms which , although not devoid of content , merely seem to have an elaborative function , providing further examples of a concept already expressed : " The sweetest rose hath his prickle " already conveys , by proverbial extension , the meaning " even the best things are alloyed with bad " , and to that extent , the repetition of the pattern in " the finest velvet his brack , the fairest flour his bran " , is redundant.Lyly might not , one imagines , have added his last piece of pattern , the similitude of sanctity , unless he had hit on the alliteration of " holiest head " and " wicked way " . |
| 26 | ‘ But the positive thing is that we did win our last home game and it was a big one . |
| 27 | We approached our last day with mixed feelings . |
| 28 | Seeming not to have heard her last remark , Tom Reynolds spoke bitterly . |
| 29 | I did n't take offence , nor did I think her last question the non sequitur of a schizophrenic — Chineseness had everything to do with financial acumen — but she was treating me with the politeness she would accord a stranger who was her equal . |
| 30 | The government announced on Aug. 12 the discontinuation of all uranium extraction and the closure of processing plants , angering uranium miners , who had received their last pay packets in April . |