Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | He impulsively ran down the last flight of stairs . |
| 2 | Mrs Stych had just set down the last of her bags of groceries on the kitchen counter and begun to unpack them , when there was the sound of a heavy truck drawing up outside her house . |
| 3 | I was still gagging up the last few dregs when somebody punched me on the cheek , sending the other side of my head banging against the metal wall of the shelter . |
| 4 | This is a real time saver , because it automatically plays back the last few seconds of the previous shot as a check before returning you to record mode ready to take the next shot . |
| 5 | At the DOS prompt ( > ) pressing F3 will automatically bring up the last line you typed . |
| 6 | By the door , Frank McHugh comically gulped down the last of his coffee and hurried back to his rig , leaving half a plate of bacon and scrambled eggs on the table . |
| 7 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 8 | How to play out the last few seconds ? |
| 9 | I was turned around and frog-marched to the last flight of stairs leading to the foyer , then thrown down the last six steps . |
| 10 | The great steps forward taken over the last 30 years have not been undone . |
| 11 | The Egyptians , who conquered western Asia in the fifteenth century BC , hunted there , having recently wiped out the last elephants in their own lands . |
| 12 | To Nell , it looked as though she would never find out the last mystery of Titron . |