Example sentences of "[adv prt] the last [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come on , come on , he thought , and pictured the three of them plummeting down the last thirty feet into the basement . |
| 2 | I was turned around and frog-marched to the last flight of stairs leading to the foyer , then thrown down the last six steps . |
| 3 | Most damningly , it was the SDLP which brought down the last Labour Government . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the decision was enough to make Labour 's ‘ sister party ’ bring down the last Labour Government and the working class throughout the UK is still paying for the SDLP 's pettiness . |
| 5 | Gerry Fitt with the full support of his party brought down the last Labour government over a decision which greatly enhanced the SDLP 's standing . |
| 6 | I managed to get down the last two words of the preceding paragraph before my stomach over-boiled into my mouth . |
| 7 | The government closed down the last two illegally militia-operated ports on May 15 , thereby taking full control of seaborne trade for the first time in a decade . |
| 8 | Past Bracken Hill beyond Out Brough I looked down at Bainbridge snoozing in the sun before dropping down the last half-mile to the green and the Post Office for something to still the dust . |
| 9 | ‘ Take down the last three torches . ’ |
| 10 | Even if the pilot is fully aware of being close to the stall , he will instinctively hold off until the glider stalls down the last few feet rather than fly into obstructions at speed . |
| 11 | This caused me to run out of aft trim i.e. I could n't take my hands off — and she did n't feel quite so rock-like and stable coming down the last few hundred feet , but the resulting touchdown was smoother and shorter . |
| 12 | Corridors that sloped down more and more steeply , so that they had to sit and shuffle down the last few metres . |
| 13 | Hurriedly , she jotted down the last few words , and started back out , but it was too late . |
| 14 | Her colleagues said she came down the last few hundred feet singing Flower of Scotland with her instructor . |
| 15 | The disclosure letter is then used by the vendor to describe any specific exceptions to the general statement , for example , two claims for unfair dismissal having been brought in the last six months . |
| 16 | Alistair MacDonald , the director , has seen the play germinate over the last 18 months from roots in the Gaelic Youth Theatre summer school in 1991 and an experimental workshop production at the Mod Fringe in Dingwall the same year . |
| 17 | Students have worked over the last four years with Castle Eden Walkway and Cleveland Wildlife Trust in planting trees throughout Stockton . |
| 18 | Erm , but , having been supported by each chief officer and general manager , you will see in paragraph eleven of the report , the various actions that have been taken over the last twelve months or so , and I would like to pick out particular the fact , that chief officers are now , operating or required to have effective arrangements for achieving equal opportunity in employment in their department or unit . |
| 19 | She 's just one victim of the burgeoning burglary business Which has seen one county Police force dealing with a near five times increase over the last thirteen years . |
| 20 | So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ? |
| 21 | Experience over the last ten years ( 1963–73 ) has convinced the staff of this Polytechnic of the need for a more flexible type of course than is commonly offered to students . |
| 22 | This is , of course , a time of smokescreens so far as the Masters is concerned and to hear some of the Europeans talk over the last few days , they appear to be in need of the psychiatrist 's couch as much as anything . |
| 23 | But their relationship had become so close over the last few months that even this advice did not see , all the 'surrealistic " to Sullivan . |
| 24 | Publication of the standards is part of a series of initiatives taken over the last few years , including production of the ‘ Best Practice ’ management kit in 1985 , The Society 's model ‘ Office Manual ’ [ 1987 ] , the development of management training , and publication of the ‘ Quality Briefing ’ and ‘ Client Care Guide . ’ |
| 25 | I 've taken over the last few months when we 've done our sales training here , talking to certainly on advanced sales skills courses and so on , I 've tried to bring an air of realism to their world . |
| 26 | The great steps forward taken over the last 30 years have not been undone . |
| 27 | Sales were up by nineteen percent and there 's also firm evidence in these results of margin improvements which reflect , for the first time , the full benefit of our cost cutting measures taken over the last three years . |
| 28 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken over the last 12 months to promote the carrying of organ transplant donor cards ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 29 | PREMIER John Major flew home from his Spanish holiday yesterday — ready to kill off the last lingering hopes of early economic recovery . |
| 30 | A. T. You used to accumulate this time you worked over and try and get off the last four hours when nobody was about . |