Example sentences of "[adv prt] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the unpublished ‘ Epilogue ’ to that work , we learn that Shadowfax will be saved too , to be taken on the last ship from the Havens to Aman , simply because Gandalf could not bear the parting . |
| 2 | ‘ Thank God , ’ he muttered , as he started to scramble down the last foot or two to seize the halter shank that dangled so near , and yet just out of his reach . |
| 3 | This is a tricky exercise , but easier if you keep your glove at arm level , shield the bird from the wind with your body , and do n't try to jump down the last foot or two , and so jar the bird . |
| 4 | The emergence of such standards , and the ability to re-use programs written in conventional languages , should bring down the last barriers to wide acceptance of parallel computing . |
| 5 | We have even seen lecturers complete their lectures and leave the room while the students have had to sit for another few minutes taking down the last load from the blackboard ! |
| 6 | He impulsively ran down the last flight of stairs . |
| 7 | Later , she washed down the last table and put the final glass in the dishwasher . |
| 8 | Work your way to the end of the plot — top spit into the bottom , bottom to the top — filling in the last trench with the barrowed soil . |
| 9 | The Government of Sri Lanka has shown itself to be increasingly sensitive to the outcry over its appalling human rights record over the last decade . |
| 10 | A friend of both of them , who has watched this unhappy saga unfold over the last decade , now concedes : ‘ I am sorry for the tragedy of it all . |
| 11 | Turn over the last page and the credits begin , ‘ The people in this novel are fictitious , the background of public events is not ’ . |
| 12 | Firstly , jump up and collect the shield , then go left , jump on the platform to your left and then the platform on your right , grab the weight , climb the right wall and throw the weight on the switch , jump/fly up onto the block on the wall , go left and cross the gap on the swing , fly up two platforms and run right , go under the guillotine , jump up the pipe and collect a weight , walk left and fall off the last platform , throw the weight on the switch , go left and use the fly to climb up the platform , take the weight and throw it on the switch above you . |
| 13 | The rout of German self-opinion meant that while Britain , France , Holland and Belgium were busy shaking off the last vestiges of feudal restraint in order to industrialise , the Prussian reaction to defeat was to define their contribution to the world as Kultur — a commodity that was best seen as the absence of change . |
| 14 | First came the preliminary soundings ( the trabajos ) and the winning over of officers and sergeants by a small activist group in touch with civilian conspirators ; then the compromisos by which accomplices were bound to action ; finally the chosen leaders set off the last stage by the cry — the grito . |
| 15 | We rushed up the last pitches having learned a lesson — next time I 'll take a windbreaker , even on a hot day . |
| 16 | Troops mopped up the last pockets of resistance by men loyal to the former rebel movement , Unita . |
| 17 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 18 | Open up the last bit of paper and all will be revealed . |
| 19 | Look at figure 1 at the end of this chapter and cover up the last column . |
| 20 | Contestants who have finished relax with a drink or cheer on those struggling up the last stretch , some of them grasping frantically at disintegrating bales of straw . |
| 21 | For a moment there was nothing to do but let the shabby old SE haul him up the last stretch , so Lambert actually relaxed and momentarily enjoyed his peace . |
| 22 | Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them . |
| 23 | If they succeed , they will give up the last vestiges of the party state and refute the criticisms that they are only interested in the power and money accumulated by the Communists over the past 40 years , without accepting any blame for their actions . |
| 24 | Léonie swished her fork around her plate to gather up the last vestiges of sauce mornay . |
| 25 | She heard him catch at air , and cough up the last slime of the river . |
| 26 | ‘ And now , ’ he said , having mopped up the last crumb , ‘ now , what is it I can do for you ? |
| 27 | ‘ That was absolutely delicious , ’ Polly had sighed , spooning up the last crumb , amazed that the extra pressure had not completely destroyed her appetite . |
| 28 | The small group struggled up the last piece of the embankment , Teversham necessarily in the rear and Francis Morgan stumbled almost on to McLeish 's feet . |
| 29 | I laugh and push him up the last step . |
| 30 | There were three letters and an electricity bill addressed to Mrs Emma Funnell , three circulars and — she picked up the last envelope — a cheap blue paper one and addressed to herself , not as Mrs Margaret Jones , but Mrs Peggy Jones . |