Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv prt] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used up the last of the film and we headed towards the airfield . |
| 2 | That 's the summary I handed out the last week , you would n't have got |
| 3 | Most damningly , it was the SDLP which brought down the last Labour Government . |
| 4 | Her colleagues said she came down the last few hundred feet singing Flower of Scotland with her instructor . |
| 5 | She poured out the last of the coffee , then looked up into my horrified eyes . |
| 6 | She struggled up the last few yards and arrived at his side breathless . |
| 7 | Hurriedly , she jotted down the last few words , and started back out , but it was too late . |
| 8 | Later , she washed down the last table and put the final glass in the dishwasher . |
| 9 | There were three letters and an electricity bill addressed to Mrs Emma Funnell , three circulars and — she picked up the last envelope — a cheap blue paper one and addressed to herself , not as Mrs Margaret Jones , but Mrs Peggy Jones . |
| 10 | We rushed up the last pitches having learned a lesson — next time I 'll take a windbreaker , even on a hot day . |
| 11 | It felt , as we struggled up the last , steepest stage of the hillside , that we were swimming in the white light of the sun . |
| 12 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 13 | Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them . |
| 14 | The next day he drew out the last of his savings from the bank and left for Cornwall . |
| 15 | He raced up the last few stairs and took her in his arms . |
| 16 | He took out the last reed — looked at it — was going to split it , but his horse reached back and snatched the reed from him . |
| 17 | My heart cried out to it , but when I approached it , it summoned up the last dregs of its strength and paddled frantically away to the middle of the lake , where I had been instructed never to go . |
| 18 | The combination roared along Castle Walk , echoing into the empty courtyard of the Berkeley Hunt kennels as it careered up the last hill into the tiny village . |
| 19 | He picked up the last letter . |
| 20 | He washed down the last of the bread with a mouthful of tea and stood up . |