Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] his last " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the first things Tolkien did after his return to Oxford in 1925 was to set up an Icelandic reading group such as he had enjoyed during his last job , as Professor of English at Leeds . |
| 2 | His conduct of the crisis could be seen as a great achievement , yet something so negative and distasteful was not what he would have wished for his last service . |
| 3 | In fact , it was the sort of autonomy that Dustin had already won on his last two pictures , and would retain , much to many directors ' displeasure , in most of his future ventures . |
| 4 | Dr Jim Howe , Tony 's doctor , said : ‘ His parents said how peaceful their son has looked over his last few days and how relieved they are that he is finally at rest . ’ |
| 5 | A short time before his death Harry Chapman had left his Hampshire rest home to stay at Herbert 's home in Oakwood , Leeds , and the care with which he was attended in his last days showed his elder brother 's family loyalty and devotion . |
| 6 | What had he done in his last incarnation to deserve it ? |
| 7 | The king 's death had not , however , cancelled the grant of a tax on aliens granted in his last parliament and this fell due at Midsummer , although £400 was already assigned to the household and the remainder apparently earmarked for the coronation . |
| 8 | The king 's death had not , however , cancelled the grant of a tax on aliens granted in his last parliament and this fell due at Midsummer , although £400 was already assigned to the household and the remainder apparently earmarked for the coronation . |
| 9 | He met Agnes , the brazen lady-in-waiting , whom he had met on his last visit to Kinghorn . |
| 10 | The room had been tidied since his last visit . |
| 11 | On the particular afternoon to which I am referring , his lordship would still have been in his mid-fifties ; but as I recall , his hair had greyed entirely and his tall slender figure already bore signs of the stoop that was to become so pronounced in his last years . |
| 12 | As he waited for the executioner , he was dressed in the blue suit that he had worn on his last public appearance . |
| 13 | Based on his last year 's , er , earnings , yeah . |
| 14 | He noticed that hundreds of mushrooms had sprouted since his last visit , some as large as saucers . |
| 15 | If he had drunk from it , the wounds received in his last dreadful battle against his nephew Mordred would have healed . |
| 16 | ‘ It will suit as much as them to have the fight later because it will give John that little bit more time to prepare after having his jaw broken in his last fight . ’ |
| 17 | There were a number of clues available to Robson : if West had still held the guarded queen of clubs he would almost certainly have kept and exited with his last spade ; if he had held both the king and queen of clubs he would have been equally likely to win the first club with the queen ; and , from what had happened so far , it looked as though West had started with more clubs than his partner . |
| 18 | Osvaldo , said Martinho , had only really bloomed in his last year at the seminary and — truly — in Africa . |
| 19 | Of the drought he had experienced on his last visit , Gould wrote that , ’ It is easier for the imagination to conceive than the pen to depict the horrors of so dreadful a visitation . ’ |
| 20 | Of course , the Prince himself has not yet been spoken to , but his secretary , Chang Shih-sen advises me that the copies he was given on his last visit are gone . ’ |
| 21 | Uncomfortable memories of what had happened on his last visit to the Mar Girgis flooded into Owen 's mind . |
| 22 | precisely Mr Chairman if I could answer that the , the , the once the inspector comes back to the Fire Service and reports again and he is due back in June , we will then look at the matters he raises at that time and he will look at the progress report er what , what has happened since his last inspection and then we will have the opportunity to look at what the Inspector has , has to say after his visits , not very far away er , their Chief Officer will go on with this programme |
| 23 | RAAB is showing a new series of canvases created in New York by Rainer Fetting ( to 25 November ) and depicting views of the city from his rooftop studio with further developments of the taxi themes explored in his last exhibition , and other dealers are mounting mixed exhibitions of works by their artists to coincide with Cork Street 's Open Weekend on 28–29 November , when galleries will remain open for business on both days . |
| 24 | She was expressing much the same sentiments as Bob Boothby had expressed in his last letter to me , and which I have heard other old people express too . |
| 25 | In a codicil Sir William asked Charles Greville , his heir , from whom he had ‘ bought ’ Emma , to pay the debts she had accumulated since his last settlement . |
| 26 | ‘ He got married during his last leave . |
| 27 | Switching codes holds no fears for Sillars Stalker who , having topped off his last jumping campaign with a four-timer , filled in time during the summer , scoring three times on the Flat . |
| 28 | Lewis spent Christmas Day 1931 transcribing this ditty for Warnie , who had returned for his last spell of service in Shanghai . |