Example sentences of "[noun pl] the last [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In minutes the last remnants of life on the planet were gone .
2 Archaos The Last Show On Earth as envisaged by this French circus troupe is a mixture of Mad Max , The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle and Billy Smart .
3 He was run off his legs the last time and he had only just been paid for the quarter . ’
4 In other words the last male to mate usually has the best chance of fertilising the eggs .
5 I just got two two bottles the last time I was in , I ca n't .
6 In innumerable works one finds that for many movements the last bar of one movement changes to the time signature of the following movement .
7 The East Anglian side were also the culprits the last time Atkinson hit an all-time low , when Ipswich beat his West Brom side in the 1978 FA Cup semi-finals .
8 ‘ Having been to the World Cup finals the last time , I want more then ever to be part of everything and I fancy we can get there again by beating not only Lithuania , but Spain and Northern Ireland as well .
9 ‘ They had twin beds the last time I was here , ’ Tweed recalled .
10 Over the ensuing twenty years the last vestiges of a rural economy were erased , while the considerable physical presence of an industrial proletariat , much of it working in large plants , became increasingly apparent .
11 Due to sudden and unexpected problems the last Q.T. day had to have a shortened and condensed programme and it was not possible to provide tea at the end of the day .
12 I do n't quite know what 's , what happened , because I remember very well amending these details the last time it came to policy and resources , and that was agreed , because the changes you have made use the working , wording of the Thamesdown scheme , it seems to me far better , erm , as you have moved it , because er , very many people who are elderly , who are sixty-nine years or more or less do n't need any supervision at all .
13 Since the lifting of sanctions the last couple of years has seen a flood of wines onto our shelves from the Cape — which has some of the most beautiful winelands in the world .
14 Take it ti the last row of squares at the top and you will see that it is in row 38 .
15 I have n't been very successful with my aubergines the last couple of years , as they keep being eaten by caterpillars .
16 you know and Yvonne , erm and Yvonne 's daughters the last time I went and this is how I and Yvonne come to know each
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