Example sentences of "[prep] time [verb] the last " in BNC.

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1 James got to Corunna , where the whole force had been supposed to rendezvous and pick up Ormonde , in time to see the last battered casualties arrive , grateful perhaps that , so soon after his own recent sufferings in the Mediterranean , he had been spared this further ordeal .
2 PATRICK was back at Royal St. George 's in time to see the last couples finish their rounds .
3 The proprietor , Lord Mansfield , arrived on the scene in time to save the last stone .
4 Got home in time to watch the last couple of overs on the television , but then discovered that the highlights were not on TV until 1am .
5 Jack of Longleigh , Adam of Rochester , and Ydrys obediently fell silent , thinking that perhaps they had arrived in time to witness the last ebbing breaths of their one-time Lucifer .
6 We could not do the trip in and out of the town in time to catch the last plane that evening , so we were condemned to this place and an early flight .
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