Example sentences of "[adv prt] the last [noun sg] " 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| 1 | In the unpublished ‘ Epilogue ’ to that work , we learn that Shadowfax will be saved too , to be taken on the last ship from the Havens to Aman , simply because Gandalf could not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 | 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 ! |
| 5 | He impulsively ran down the last flight of stairs . |
| 6 | Later , she washed down the last table and put the final glass in the dishwasher . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Turn over the last page and the credits begin , ‘ The people in this novel are fictitious , the background of public events is not ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 14 | Open up the last bit of paper and all will be revealed . |
| 15 | Look at figure 1 at the end of this chapter and cover up the last column . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them . |
| 19 | She heard him catch at air , and cough up the last slime of the river . |
| 20 | ‘ And now , ’ he said , having mopped up the last crumb , ‘ now , what is it I can do for you ? |
| 21 | ‘ That was absolutely delicious , ’ Polly had sighed , spooning up the last crumb , amazed that the extra pressure had not completely destroyed her appetite . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I laugh and push him up the last step . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He picked up my suitcase and carried it up the last flight , putting it down outside my door and turning to me . |
| 26 | Wickham bounded up the last flight , shirt-sleeved , jacket in hand . |
| 27 | There 's a new batch in , about fifty , they say , to fill up the last posting . |
| 28 | He picked up the last letter . |
| 29 | The combination roared along Castle Walk , echoing into the empty courtyard of the Berkeley Hunt kennels as it careered up the last hill into the tiny village . |
| 30 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |