Example sentences of "[adj] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that the last question ? |
| 2 | I thought the liberal democrats failed abysmally at that the last election . |
| 3 | ‘ Was that the last report of anybody seeing her ? ’ |
| 4 | Rain said : ‘ Was that the last time you saw that room ? ’ |
| 5 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 6 | In 1707 the last heir died . |
| 7 | She seemed to me quite normal the last time we met . ’ |
| 8 | Trade unionists did not lose Labour the last election . |
| 9 | On this the last word must be Solzhenitsyn 's : ‘ There are many who are aware that communism is an evil and menace to the world , but who have nevertheless failed to grasp its implacable nature … |
| 10 | Is this the last tree , annual tree planting in that area , or will there be more to do next year ? |
| 11 | She did n't remember anything like this the last time she 'd been on Earth . |
| 12 | ‘ If someone has gone through the trauma of a crime like this the last thing they want to see is a court handing out a light sentence , ’ she said . |
| 13 | It had been so exciting the last time with one plane . |
| 14 | The branch line was not immediately axed by Beeching , but the writing was on the wall , and on 3 January 1972 the last passenger train left Swanage ‘ from a station little more than a ghost ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ What do you think made you feel funny the last time ? ’ |
| 16 | They 've already lost the centre half the last thing they want to happen is to lose a centre forward . |
| 17 | After the meeting he said to one of the local people that it was very unlike the Last Conference in 1913 when he attacked L.G. for 45 minutes amid great applause . |
| 18 | I do n't know that much about him but I think he is 21(22) years old , has no international matches on any level , has played for Kongsvinger the last year ( an ordinary club in our top division ) . |
| 19 | It estimates approximately 23,400 people were infected with the Aids virus , HIV , in England and Wales at the end of 1991 the last year full figures are available . |
| 20 | Here there are few of the excesses of cautioning seen in some other areas , even though prosecution is considered very much the last resort . |
| 21 | It 's very much the last attempt — not er , not for , from the point of view of negotiating or er , but , but simply a matter of fact , er we need erm we need to move , we need to have additional sources of , sources of income , that er the type of facility that we 're looking to build will give the club to put it on a firm financial footing , and at the same time to give the local people of the City and er the , the surrounding County er tremendous new facilities . |
| 22 | 7 The last night |
| 23 | I must be nineteen fifty three the last time I went to Conway |
| 24 | He three-putted the last hole for bogey . |
| 25 | He is ( sort of ) the same type as Dino and i think Wilko will stay with Dino for quite a while yet and little mr Wally-Wally has been doing his things quite good the last couple of games meethinks . |
| 26 | Most of the people , just over two thirds , who spent all the last year of their life in a residential or nursing home were 85 or more , and it is this age group which is predicted to increase most rapidly in the next twenty years ( Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) , 1989 ) so it is likely that increasing numbers will spend the last year of their lives in such homes . |
| 27 | And for all the last minute protests by the Gotha Museum , nothing further has been heard from them . |
| 28 | All the last minute merchants will be on . |
| 29 | Alex has not been too well the last couple of days , you know . |
| 30 | 5.2 THE LAST PARAGRAPH |