Example sentences of "[vb past] on the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | the sun rose on the last of Alamein . |
| 2 | And his voice rose on the last two words . |
| 3 | For a start , the figures exclude transactions that occurred on the last two business days of the month — the very time when pressure on the pound was thought to be most intense . |
| 4 | This is the opportunity for senior managers to endorse warnings for vigilance or diligence , which they do occasionally , and for sergeants to review both the incidents which occurred on the last shift and the matters which need special attention on the present one . |
| 5 | The Bush broadside came on the last day of the Republicans ' convention in Houston , Texas . |
| 6 | The numbers involved are about 700 and most of these job losses have now happened and indeed the bulk of them happened on the last Friday of the financial year which was last week when about 150 people took early retirement . |
| 7 | Such is the power of suggestion that that night as I neared the top of the staircase , my foot stumbled on the last step but one . |
| 8 | Felicity Butler and Glenda Huxter failed on the last move . |
| 9 | But her voice quivered on the last word as she remembered the cold , dispassionate violence of the man in the alehouse . |
| 10 | Brussels : Prices tumbled on the last day of the forward account Oslo : Caution ahead of the 1990 budget clipped 3.83 points off the index to 527.08 . |
| 11 | And it was that kind of debate that that went on the last few years . |
| 12 | Vologsky seized on the last word , his brain snapping awake again . |
| 13 | We led by two shots going into the last round , and when it blew on the last day , I did n't think anybody could beat Trevino . |
| 14 | I was beginning to feel that they would never come — especially when half the class disappeared on the last week . |
| 15 | Men like that always insisted on the last word . |
| 16 | By way of final illustration , we can apply Nozick 's refutation to Descartes ' sceptical argument about dreaming , and hence perhaps do better than Descartes did on the last page of the Meditations . |
| 17 | She performed with fellow West Londoners the Mighty Ethnicz on the recent Ice T tour and also appeared on the last Mantronix video . |
| 18 | The following paragraph appeared on the last page of a recently published official report : perhaps it should have been nearer the front ! |
| 19 | SINGER Sam Sorono , who appeared on the last series of Granada TV 's Stars in their Eyes competition impersonating Tom Jones and again last Saturday has been voted Vocalist of the Year by readers of the national club magazine Club Mirror . |
| 20 | She and Rory left on the last train back to Glasgow that night . |
| 21 | ‘ You have done well , Wilson , ’ she said on the last day in Siena . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's only for a time , ’ Fred said on the last night of the tour . |
| 23 | Ultima , I wrote on the last letter he sent me before his departure . |
| 24 | The wedding bells that sounded on the last page of so many ‘ romantic ’ novels of the last century are still sounding in certain genres but in the adventure story they seldom sound at all . |
| 25 | ‘ I used mainly my green Ibanez that I had on the last tour , but for a Be-Bop solo on Giant Steps I used an Ibanez George Benson . |
| 26 | I 'm sure that if I was still living in England we would n't have got the push that we had on the last album and we would n't have got nominated for a Grammy . |
| 27 | Reports and returns relating to manpower were based on the position as it stood on the last day of the relevant month . |
| 28 | It was already poured , and just as his hand closed on the last glass with pale gold contents , he caught sight of Meryl near the window with Gladys . |