Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was an obvious choice , partly because of all the business they were doing in Europe and also because the public was fed up with the same old faces ; here was someone fresh at last , ’ recalls Peter Batty , director of the him . |
| 2 | Senior officials of the African National Congress have been urging Mr Mandela to announce an official separation from his wife since her latest outburst in which she allegedly threatened and waved a pistol at Mrs Xoliswa Falati , her co-accused in last year 's trial for kidnap and assault . |
| 3 | ‘ Why , Mahmoud , have you done something sensible at last and joined the river police ? ’ |
| 4 | Something spiritual at last ! |
| 5 | Along may come a sudden additional stress , the last straw on the camel 's back , as it were , which could be a disappointment in job prospects or even redundancy , bereavement , a fight with a colleague , or something nasty in last night 's curry , and the balance breaks down and illness supervenes . |
| 6 | To the employers , the entry of women made it possible at last to nibble away at — or do away with — such " restrictive practices " . |
| 7 | Jones also confirmed that reserve skipper Tim Carter yet another Wearsider on the list will be fined after his sending-off in last week 's draw with Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 8 | By the time Oldfield and his bride-to-be at last arrived , Joan and Richard had fallen to speculating which of the marriages would end in divorce . |
| 9 | In Toulouse also , the steadily falling value of comital coins in the second half of the century made them relevant at last to the needs of the merchant classes . |
| 10 | one of the things that was driving me mad in last part of my career was , I was responsible for documentation , the fuel issues on the , round a thousand of gallons a day . |