Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a last " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then he came to me as a last hope |
| 2 | Get them for a last bargain . |
| 3 | Tom gave a slow , satisfied nod and left them after a last reassuring pat on Faye 's shoulder . |
| 4 | But as he drove himself into a last titanic effort to surface into the light , the pain began to divide and concentrate itself in three separate areas of his body ; his head , his right arm and his chest . |
| 5 | Residential care has been viewed and therefore avoided as something of a last resort . |
| 6 | ‘ Whatever you say , Mr Jacobsen , ’ she murmured huskily , and he pulled her to him for a last long kiss that left her breathless and trembling . |
| 7 | These mementos evoke both respectful memories and an insight into the changes of the woman 's role up to the certain ‘ decadence ’ , where the family is slowly fading wither her as a last , childless descendant . |
| 8 | Was she genuinely reaching out to him as a last source of help ? |
| 9 | He wanted to dissipate it and leave her with a last impression of him that was not totally unpleasant . |
| 10 | Curtis , fully aware that this was the last night of the Prophet 's current crusade , had anticipated that he might choose it for a last hunting expedition , before retreating to his lair upstate . |
| 11 | Perhaps they saw it as a last call for help to come to a failing Britain . |
| 12 | ‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress . |
| 13 | Tom Poole suggested it as a last resort , and Coleridge , who remembered the cottage , immediately asked him to take it for a year . |
| 14 | Certain spiders also use it as a last resort . |
| 15 | ‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’ |
| 16 | Gain-up does tend to make the picture look rather grainy , though , so it is best to look on it as a last resort and reserve it for those times when a grainy picture is better than no picture at all . |
| 17 | I take it as a last question , comment . |
| 18 | When I 'd completed this process I turned to the mirror to look at myself for a last time . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ They seemed to be using us as a last resort . |
| 20 | Independence of course demands economic means : and this brings us to a last and equally basic issue . |