Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] last " in BNC.
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1 | He tore his mouth away at last to rub his cheek against her untidy hair as he crushed her against his chest . |
2 | The tie lines are so congested it is n't true , especially with accounts being at Stansted and apparently there has been a proposal in since last March with all the costings and everything which is still waiting on an answer for improved lines which would actually take some of the computer lines and everything . |
3 | Sumawe , who had a previous best of 2:15:26 and was an early Berlin pacemaker until a lace came loose , was then overhauled by the Soviet Muhamed Hamat Nazipov ( 2:14:04 and $9000 ) and Mohammed Salmi , an Algerian run over in last year 's race ( 2:14:19/$7000 ) but the Tanzanian 's 2:14:22 was also inside Jan Hurak 's previous 2:14:30 record . |
4 | The 28-year-old mechanical engineer 's fortunes took a dramatic twist midway through last season when his career hit rock bottom . |
5 | The million-hour award covered a two-year period up to last November , while the RoSPA bronze was for safety performance during 1992 . |
6 | Isabel had told her , unable to deny herself the relief of letting the truth out at last . |
7 | Before it happened I had reached a point where at last I was earning enough money to make things a little bit easier , and then suddenly I found myself having to start all over again with wrecked finances , a new relationship and living in digs . |
8 | THE POUND won some respite yesterday from last week 's onslaught partly due to confirmation that retail sales were subdued last month and as fears of an imminent rise in base rates faded . |
9 | departure indeed from last year where the official parade went on for around 2 hours and there was really very little hint of even a bit of descent . |
10 | It was well after midnight when at last Fen said they really must go . |
11 | It was well after midnight when at last she heard his car . |
12 | The Telegraph commented : ‘ As Sir Alf [ pictured ] watched his team begin their first game together since last November he must have felt like a yachtsman who takes the winter covers off his boat , eases it into the water and finds it has sprung leaks fore , aft and midships . ’ |
13 | Detectives have been hunting him since the discovery of a bomb factory in a London flat shortly before last Christmas . |
14 | MPs were taken by surprise when Labour managed to secure an emergency debate yesterday on last week 's announcement that a defeat on the social chapter would not prevent ratification of the treaty . |
15 | Sabine got the seatbelt off at last , and heaved and dragged the woman , arms and legs trailing , clear of the car . |
16 | Roast ( 100°C/200°F , gas mark 1 ) for one hour , turning breast up for last fifteen minutes . |
17 | In a speech to the club 's annual general meeting , Hendrick , who took over from John Birch as Notts ' team manager midway through last season , says the county 's decision to dismiss Chris Broad , Eddie Hemmings , Kevin Cooper and Kevin Saxelby was taken in the interests of progress . |
18 | ‘ The Fellow beat Remittance Man easily in last year 's King George . |
19 | At the Pitztal FIS downhill , which was held on a high glacier , we were up against none other than Peter Mueller , on the road back from last season 's devastating knee injury . |
20 | Let them try : he was his own man now at last , at twenty-eight . |
21 | Prints showing life backstage during last year 's York Theatre Royal pantomime are to be sold to raise money for its restoration appeal . |
22 | by carrying some of the profit forward from last year to this year . |
23 | Turning to er , Camco , our old services campaign , again that er , I think that was a very , very good performance er , sales were ahead of last year , trading profit ahead of last year and they even proved , improved the margin very , very slightly and that 's our second star of the year . |
24 | A look backstage at last week 's wild children and willy operation is featured on The Word : Access All Areas with Mark Lamarr . |
25 | Erm , three things I did n't know about John before , he was very mo , modest in pointing out that he was the top salesman twice before last year 's award , he was very quick to tell me that . |
26 | SCREEN legend Audrey Hepburn left hospital yesterday after last week 's operation to remove a tumour from her colon . |
27 | The comfort of having the big glass here at last , he wrote , of living in the shadow of its coldness , its emptiness . |
28 | At the Tourism Society meeting , it was evident that the National Heritage officials have changed their position somewhat since last November . |
29 | He was on his way home at last . |
30 | Guinness was the best performing drink share as analysts stretched their year 's forecast higher after last week 's interims . |