Example sentences of "[prep] the last he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admitted in the first of the series that providing serfs with land seemed to pose insuperable practical difficulties , but in the last he argued " that the acquisition of landed property on the part of the peasants can be accomplished durably and even quickly " . |
| 2 | ‘ He did n't give me any easy shots , and from the first point to the last he played his old way . ’ |
| 3 | Almost to the last he kept his director 's seat in the East India Company , attending over half the courts in a year ( 1672–3 ) . |
| 4 | At the last he was in front , but he was dead tired and Winter could do nothing to hold him together for the final desperate few yards to the line . |
| 5 | You could say at the last he had his brother 's fibre , but it was manifested in fortitude instead of daring — which is a more admirable thing . |