Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the last " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We made it , and Chapman and I were the last on to the train .
2 ‘ And I was the last man off of 17,000 because I was still in the bus when they all went to the start . ’
3 I was the last time I checked , ’ nodded the man .
4 I was the last to leave at night .
5 ‘ As usual , I was the last one to finish …
6 I moved to clear it as I was the last defender in front of goal .
7 Paul I was the last Tsar who actually enjoyed his office .
8 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 .
9 I was the last person anyone thought would get pregnant .
10 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 .
11 I was the last to leave .
12 Well I think you can go home now cos I was the last .
13 I was the last to arrive , and I was only just in time for dinner .
14 I was the last thing which I had anticipated , and the last thing which I sought .
15 ‘ You out with your latest mistress , running into the last , though I do n't suppose I was the last .
16 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 .
17 ‘ So I was the last one to see her ? ’ said Coffin .
18 I was the last to cross , and I watched more and more people getting wet with a sinking feeling in my stomach .
19 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
20 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 .
21 If she were the last lassie in the world I couldny
22 You were the last , the baby , ’ she said softly .
23 If you were the last woman left alive on this bloody earth , I think I 'd rather do it for myself .
24 ‘ It seems likely that you were the last person to see Glynn alive , apart from his murderer , but at the moment I am more interested in what you can tell me about him — the sort of man he was — and about his friends and his enemies as far as you can .
25 ‘ I would n't go with you if you were the last man on earth . ’
26 And you were the last person to see her .
27 I wonder what it would be like if you were the last man in the world , and I the last woman ?
28 Personally , I would n't try to seduce you if you were the last man on earth . ’
29 ‘ Even if you were the last man on earth — I would n't make love to you , ’ she added bitterly .
30 You er , you were the last up .
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