Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | She really had thought she 'd heard the last of that voice . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought I 'd seen the last of this particular fashion accessory . ’ |
| 3 | Had n't she thought she 'd seen the last of Rourke Deveraugh ? |
| 4 | I thought we 'd seen the last of him , after what he did to Jennifer . ’ |
| 5 | Police had hoped they 'd seen the last of the joyriding and the crowds who gather to see the stolen cars in action . |
| 6 | We thought we 'd had the last laugh when we got to the play-off finals against Charlton but he was an even bigger pain in the arse after that . |
| 7 | I kept making the point on Saturday here at Lane Martin , that I did n't think that erm we 'd had the last of the goals as they kept er popping in at both ends , and I 'm sure though we 've had three with a little over half an hour played here , we have n't seen the last of the goals here either . |
| 8 | After I 'd spent the last two days setting it up ? ’ |
| 9 | He 'd spent the last few days bouncing from resort to resort . |
| 10 | In fact , rather better than he 'd seemed the last time I 'd seen him . |
| 11 | He 'd spoken the last words in Italian , and in Italian as fluent and colloquial as his own she answered , ‘ I 'm sorry about that . |
| 12 | He 'd gone the last time , he reminded her , because of Lowell 's hands — well , partly . |
| 13 | It was so bad , I 'd be looking forward to the next meal before I 'd finished the last one , ’ she says . |
| 14 | Crawled until I could see the arrow only because it was pale against the bark , and knew I was already further away than when I 'd taken the last bearing . |
| 15 | Willie had completed the last of the ‘ Learning to Read ’ books . |
| 16 | And as a mark of their respect for their aviator comrade , a lone bugler played The Last Post and Reveille before an RAF Hercules flew over the graveside at Frankby Cemetery in a special salute to the man who had given the last six years of his life to his country . |
| 17 | He had added the last three words with the same morose carelessness with which he had decried the car dealers ' convention , but he offered no elucidation as to what the words meant . |
| 18 | He had won the last contest on points , thank God , but he knew that a series of ‘ X ’ films , and the suggestive posters that were essential to their promotion , would give Father Whatsisname just the chance he wanted to point the accusing finger . |
| 19 | On the credit side ( if that was the word for it ) , they had discharged the last of the luckless Beador 's debts . |
| 20 | By the time she had rolled the last lump of dog food into the canal , the sun was beginning to rise in the east . |
| 21 | Mr. Duggan said that he had enjoyed the last four years . |
| 22 | I had enjoyed the last two months greatly but the journey , though arduous , had involved no real danger . |
| 23 | After she had scattered the last few blooms , she went and gave the girl a five pound note , Ulster Bank pounds , not punts . |
| 24 | He was frightened that hostile readers of his theological work would be able to say that his religion could be ‘ explained ’ in terms of the Oedipus complex ( or perhaps the Hippolytus complex ) ; and that he was only able to find peace for his heart by coming to terms with a Heavenly Father of his own projection when he had seen the last of his earthly father in Belfast . |
| 25 | In prehistoric times , if people made the horse feel anxious or afraid it would run like mad until it had seen the last of them : it fled from the problem , which reduced his fear and anxiety . |
| 26 | He wondered if Gilbert White had seen the last edition of the Dictionary ( the seventh , 1756–59 ) where he had incorporated all the latest improvements in the culture of the cantaloupe melon . |
| 27 | Mansell hoped he had seen the last of the Brazilian after the two were involved in a high-speed collision during the final Grand Prix of the season in Australia . |
| 28 | Well , to hell with you , sweetheart , she railed , and , her pride once more up in arms , a certainty in her head that she had seen the last of Ven for that night , she rocketed from her bed , took a shower , and got dressed . |
| 29 | J. B. Priestley recognised this in the extract chosen by Mr Hamilton from The Good Companions : ‘ … it [ Bruddersford United AFC ] offered you more than a shilling's-worth of material for talk during the rest of the week , a man who had missed the last home match of t'United had to enter social life on tiptoe in Bruddersford . ’ |
| 30 | Morgan had missed the last flight to Brussels the previous evening . |