Example sentences of "[v-ing] with the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this type of valve ( of which the Garston or BRS valve is the best known ) , there is no moving piston — rather a rubber diaphragm which closes over a nylon seating with the last movement of the float arm . |
| 2 | He looked round him , upon the desolation of the field between Bryn Glas and the river , littered and faintly heaving still with bodies and cast arms , and groaning with the last convulsions of struggle and pain . |
| 3 | The 1st was the coldest night of the month in some places , vying with the last two nights of February , with very few really frosty nights in between . |
| 4 | If a sentence is long or otherwise difficult , mimic one phrase at a time , beginning with the last one , then adding the penultimate one , and so on successively till you can manage the whole utterance . |
| 5 | He read carefully , starting with the last issue where the facts would be most accurate , and working back . |
| 6 | She was just finishing with the last when there was a shout from Reception . |
| 7 | Then the dome was echoing with the last anthem : she was walking out into the September sunshine on João 's arm ; the crowds were cheering in the streets , gasping at the splendour of her dress and showering her with flowers and petals . |