Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a tricky exercise , but easier if you keep your glove at arm level , shield the bird from the wind with your body , and do n't try to jump down the last foot or two , and so jar the bird . |
| 2 | She was wiping a crust of bread round the inside of her dish to catch up the last drops of broth . |
| 3 | ‘ Alan played a brilliant shot when he needed to open up the last two reds . ’ |
| 4 | PREMIER John Major flew home from his Spanish holiday yesterday — ready to kill off the last lingering hopes of early economic recovery . |
| 5 | How to play out the last few seconds ? |
| 6 | Léonie swished her fork around her plate to gather up the last vestiges of sauce mornay . |
| 7 | Bill drew the curtains to let in the last of the twilight , then , as Faye 's eyes began to adjust , he turned to two low antique glass lamps . |
| 8 | There 's a new batch in , about fifty , they say , to fill up the last posting . |
| 9 | We need somewhere safe to sit out the last two or three hours . ’ |
| 10 | This document purports to carry out the last mortal wish of the testator , except that he will probably go to eternity without being entirely sure that the document he signed actually said what he wanted , because he was quite unable to read it . |
| 11 | ‘ Thank God , ’ he muttered , as he started to scramble down the last foot or two to seize the halter shank that dangled so near , and yet just out of his reach . |
| 12 | Leaving the heat and the nearly finished bridehouse , I returned to soak up the last of a cool , green English summer . |
| 13 | She felt his warm stickiness on her tongue , and rolled it around her mouth before placing her lips over the tip of his dying penis to suck up the last few drops . |
| 14 | Considering Renault 's pioneering work in turbocharging for both road and track , it comes as little surprise that the power delivery is so smooth and strong though even Renault engineers have been unable to iron out the last fraction of a second of lag between the throttle being floored and the turbo-pressure rising . |
| 15 | I managed to get down the last two words of the preceding paragraph before my stomach over-boiled into my mouth . |
| 16 | ‘ Even know you tried to pay back the last five shillings a few minutes before my father went to the synagogue one Saturday . |
| 17 | Even if the French do not succeed in their present bid to take over the last of the great American GA manufacturers , Piper , it 's hard to see what there is to stop them in their quest . |
| 18 | Corbett stopped his horse to watch some labourers in the fields below working to bring in the last of the crops . |