Example sentences of "[pron] was the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I was the last man off of 17,000 because I was still in the bus when they all went to the start . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was the last time I checked , ’ nodded the man . |
| 3 | I was the last to leave at night . |
| 4 | ‘ As usual , I was the last one to finish … |
| 5 | I moved to clear it as I was the last defender in front of goal . |
| 6 | Paul I was the last Tsar who actually enjoyed his office . |
| 7 | Because I was going to the hospital wing I did n't get taken up until about nine o'clock , so I was the last one . |
| 8 | I was the last person anyone thought would get pregnant . |
| 9 | She looked at me unsmiling and I opened my mouth to protest that I was the last person in the world to take such a thing for granted , that I was the only person in the world who held a low opinion of sexual experience . |
| 10 | I was the last to leave . |
| 11 | Well I think you can go home now cos I was the last . |
| 12 | I was the last to arrive , and I was only just in time for dinner . |
| 13 | I was the last thing which I had anticipated , and the last thing which I sought . |
| 14 | ‘ You out with your latest mistress , running into the last , though I do n't suppose I was the last . |
| 15 | And when the promotions were made before the Watch Committee , I was the last one to go in , and the chairman of the Watch Committee , that was John , he said to me , Chief Constable has recommended that you be given a trial with the detective staff . |
| 16 | ‘ So I was the last one to see her ? ’ said Coffin . |
| 17 | I was the last to cross , and I watched more and more people getting wet with a sinking feeling in my stomach . |
| 18 | I ca n't do that I tell you , I mean I do n't mind , do n't get me wrong it 's just that I was the last one back up and I got up there , still got a little bit of to do and they got more than they did |
| 19 | It was only a ten minute thing , and everybody , cos I was the last one , of course , out of us , a group of twenty , and was so like freezing at the top of this mountain , I was n't exactly popular . |
| 20 | In the GLC case , which was the last in which a cinema film had been subject to charges of indecency , Lord Justice Bridge agreed with Lord Denning that the common-law test still applied to films , but went on : |
| 21 | It 's a good story but Harris is clearly seen in shot with Brando during the final scene of the film — Christian 's death scene — which was the last shot to be filmed . |
| 22 | After a pub lunch we did a bit outside the car-park mortuary and then settled down with the telephone to record some attempts to buy a coffin , one of which resulted in agreement , which was the last thing we needed at the time , although it came in very handy later . |
| 23 | You called the half-mortals out of Andernesse , and broke the spell-wall which was the last and greatest protection against the dark . |
| 24 | Her head was beginning to throb from the smoky , claustrophobic atmosphere , and she wondered how she could tactfully drop a few hints about leaving without inviting a tirade of displeasure from André , which was the last thing she felt she could cope with . |
| 25 | Today she happened to be wearing the dress of violet-coloured wool which was the last thing Miss Statham had made for her — drifts of its full skirt could be seen at the front of her grey squirrel coat . |
| 26 | Efforts to preserve a Besm6 , which was the last indigenous supercomputer made by the Russians by the British Computer Conservation Society , indicate some of the problems . |
| 27 | But since then the world has gone completely mad and in nineteen ninety , which was the last er time I checked this number , in nineteen ninety federal aid to the states now reaches one hundred billion dollars . |
| 28 | Which was the last time I did George 's was the day when I came down . |
| 29 | There was no looking back ; I wanted to remember Fiona as she was the last time we met , standing in the doorway of the croft , her black hair blowing in the breeze as she waved me goodbye . |
| 30 | She was the last passenger to set off across the tracks , laden with parcels from her shopping trip , and the little boy tagging along behind . |