Example sentences of "[det] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that the last question ? |
| 2 | I thought the liberal democrats failed abysmally at that the last election . |
| 3 | ‘ Was that the last report of anybody seeing her ? ’ |
| 4 | Rain said : ‘ Was that the last time you saw that room ? ’ |
| 5 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 6 | On this the last word must be Solzhenitsyn 's : ‘ There are many who are aware that communism is an evil and menace to the world , but who have nevertheless failed to grasp its implacable nature … |
| 7 | Is this the last tree , annual tree planting in that area , or will there be more to do next year ? |
| 8 | She did n't remember anything like this the last time she 'd been on Earth . |
| 9 | ‘ If someone has gone through the trauma of a crime like this the last thing they want to see is a court handing out a light sentence , ’ she said . |
| 10 | They 've already lost the centre half the last thing they want to happen is to lose a centre forward . |
| 11 | Here there are few of the excesses of cautioning seen in some other areas , even though prosecution is considered very much the last resort . |
| 12 | It 's very much the last attempt — not er , not for , from the point of view of negotiating or er , but , but simply a matter of fact , er we need erm we need to move , we need to have additional sources of , sources of income , that er the type of facility that we 're looking to build will give the club to put it on a firm financial footing , and at the same time to give the local people of the City and er the , the surrounding County er tremendous new facilities . |
| 13 | Most of the people , just over two thirds , who spent all the last year of their life in a residential or nursing home were 85 or more , and it is this age group which is predicted to increase most rapidly in the next twenty years ( Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) , 1989 ) so it is likely that increasing numbers will spend the last year of their lives in such homes . |
| 14 | And for all the last minute protests by the Gotha Museum , nothing further has been heard from them . |
| 15 | All the last minute merchants will be on . |
| 16 | I only got sixty and I did n't get any the last time . |
| 17 | have sixty but I did n't get any the last time . |