Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] the last " in BNC.

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1 Catriona wiped down the last of her tables and suddenly realised that the conversation around her had stopped .
2 But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line .
3 I used up the last of the film and we headed towards the airfield .
4 The next day he drew out the last of his savings from the bank and left for Cornwall .
5 Her colleagues said she came down the last few hundred feet singing Flower of Scotland with her instructor .
6 Meryl handed over the last of the spoils , a nail file and some kind of newspaper cutting , then settled in her seat to give her full attention to the lecture .
7 He raced up the last few stairs and took her in his arms .
8 Riven threw back the last of his beer .
9 She poured out the last of the coffee , then looked up into my horrified eyes .
10 Outside , the snow blotted out the last irregularities in the flowerbed , making it one with the lawn .
11 That 's the summary I handed out the last week , you would n't have got
12 After a while , of course , the woebegone aspect of the crossed-in-love becomes very irritating , especially if one is being unjustly blamed for it , so Lydia ripped out the last of the fluff that formed , as it were , the bird 's underclothes , rose to her feet gripping her pheasant by its knees , and then bent over and kissed Beuno .
13 Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them .
14 We rushed up the last pitches having learned a lesson — next time I 'll take a windbreaker , even on a hot day .
15 She remembers the way the sun would sink down as the combine sliced out the last ranks of the wheat .
16 As Rabbi Glikstein read out the last rites at his levoyah , those words rang in my ears .
17 The eternal westerly swell rolled lazily across our wake and wiped out the last trace of our intrusion .
18 Already weak and exposed where Midnight was concerned , this unexpected consideration broke down the last of the barriers Jess had constructed against the old woman .
19 Below Georgiades his men leapt up the last few pegs .
20 They stood up and , abandoning their ice pitons , started up the last , short ice field , cutting foot holds with their picks .
21 Most damningly , it was the SDLP which brought down the last Labour Government .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 It felt , as we struggled up the last , steepest stage of the hillside , that we were swimming in the white light of the sun .
25 She struggled up the last few yards and arrived at his side breathless .
26 In a letter sent out the last few weeks over the signature of Unix Labs president Roel Pieper , who also sits on the UniForum board , Unix Labs is promising ‘ no other industry event will attract such a prominent collection of information system executives , developers , end users , industry analysts and key members of trade media . ’
27 In a letter sent out the last few weeks over the signature of USL president Roel Pieper , who also sits on the Uniforum board , USL is promising ‘ no other industry event will attract such a prominent collection of information system executives , developers , end users , industry analysts and key members of trade media . ’
28 He took out the last reed — looked at it — was going to split it , but his horse reached back and snatched the reed from him .
29 Troops mopped up the last pockets of resistance by men loyal to the former rebel movement , Unita .
30 He impulsively ran down the last flight of stairs .
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