Example sentences of "[pron] last [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | On my last afternoon at home , surrounded by grey shirts and socks , I looked from the window and saw Bobby Bowen in his best suit with the extra wide trousers walking quickly down the hill , whistling beautifully as he always did , with lots of grace notes . |
| 2 | On my last day at school |
| 3 | In consequence of this move , this month will be my last attendance at the General Synod . |
| 4 | During my last year at Cambridge the Prime Minister , Mr Callaghan , came to speak at the Union . |
| 5 | I received the Geography prize for my last year at school and also collected the certificates for my six other subjects taken at ‘ A ’ and ‘ O ’ level standard . |
| 6 | I was n't doing anything to speed up my role as a would-be doctor , so during my last year at Oxford , where I had planned to stay for three years before going to London for the real hard medical training , I arranged ( again through Dr Allott ) to spend my final long vac helping out as a general dogsbody at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London , where there was a special unit investigating Heine-Medin 's disease , the original name for polio , and — especially in the 1930s — doing research into the spinal aspects . |
| 7 | Also , during my last year at Oxford , I had noticed that I was getting rather clumsy in my movements . |
| 8 | I felt it during my last year at Ladymont . |
| 9 | In October 1940 my last year at school began ; it was going to be a year of hard work , as I had to prepare for the June examinations . |
| 10 | During my last year at Oxford I had applied to join the Sudan Political Service . |
| 11 | ‘ In my last year at school another teacher roared with laughter when I said I wanted to be a professional footballer . |
| 12 | ‘ The game against Cannes on April 25 will be my last match at the Velodrome , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ One of my strongest memories is of my last match at Lord 's . |
| 14 | It was a great shot , funnily enough , but I was disappointed because I failed in my attempt to create history in my last match at Lord 's ! ’ |
| 15 | Well , my first job came during four weeks of my last term at RADA when I had applied and been chosen for a television play called It 's Too Late to Talk to Billy which was set in Belfast — which is where I came from originally . |
| 16 | During my last term at school I was the slave of a corporal in the Welsh Fusiliers . |
| 17 | Later , along with two other historians who had , like me , secured entry to Oxford or Cambridge , I was given a few science tutorials in my last term at school . |
| 18 | I see him as a sort of spiritual descendant of Norman Mailer , just as Mailer took on the mantle of Lawrence — in fact I wrote an essay on that very subject in my last term at school . |
| 19 | I spent my last months at the Transport Department preparing a third Transport Bill whose aim was to reform the traffic laws and to introduce the ‘ points ’ system for disqualification . |
| 20 | I have been a lifelong Labour supporter , but I have to say that under the present Government I was able to save in my last years at work without seeing my savings disappear in inflation . |
| 21 | Neil and Ian are in their last year at school . |
| 22 | Erm , it 's their last year at the primary school so it would nice to leave a couple of benches or something like that behind , for the old'uns to sit on . |
| 23 | Ormskirk got home against New Brighton with their last pair at the wicket . |
| 24 | Disgruntled young people who currently gain nothing positive from their last years at school should be allowed to opt for part-time work at the age of fourteen if they so wish . |
| 25 | Scottish variety performers gathered to pay their last respects at Andy Stewart 's funeral this morning . |
| 26 | Five out of 18 ( 28% ) drug users were admitted to hospital with bacterial pneumonia in the four to six months between their last visit at which they were HIV negative and their first visit when they were HIV positive . |
| 27 | With Bath to play their last match at home , it looks as if the title will once again belong to the West Country , even if Orrell were to win their last two games , as Bath 's points difference is much the greater . |
| 28 | Bradford , possibly playing their last match at Odsal , with continuing speculation of a move to Valley Parade , and desperate for a Rovers victory , need to thrash relegated Swinton by around 40 points to close the scoring difference on both Hull and Salford . |
| 29 | Asked if the Princess had changed since their last meeting at the mission in September 1991 , Mother Teresa said : ‘ She was as I know her . ’ |
| 30 | They had finished their last term at school . |