Example sentences of "[pron] as a last " in BNC.
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| 1 | and then he came to me as a last hope |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Was she genuinely reaching out to him as a last source of help ? |
| 4 | Perhaps they saw it as a last call for help to come to a failing Britain . |
| 5 | ‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress . |
| 6 | Tom Poole suggested it as a last resort , and Coleridge , who remembered the cottage , immediately asked him to take it for a year . |
| 7 | Certain spiders also use it as a last resort . |
| 8 | ‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I take it as a last question , comment . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ They seemed to be using us as a last resort . |