Example sentences of "[vb past] one last time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eugene Forster paused , raised one of his bushy eyebrows , then slowly and deliberately , with the wisdom of previous experience , finished the whisky , drew one last time on the cigar then plunged it with a hiss into the water , before he took the ‘ phone . |
| 2 | My dogs were frantic , and so was I , I hauled one last time , the line came back two centimetres , the hook came free and the dogs roared away . |
| 3 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 4 | 121 yachts had their rigging and sails checked one last time and then crews pottered about anxiously , generating an atmosphere of nervousness so pervasive that even the spectators felt tense . |
| 5 | He looked one last time at the car , as it was winched onto the trailer . |
| 6 | They embraced one last time and then he was off , rushing to Ferdinando to help him carry down what he claimed were his ‘ very most precious ’ things . |