Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to [pron] last " in BNC.

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1 However , he says that Mr. Owen , thereupon , ‘ gravely , but very tenderly rebuked my pride , and gave me for my theme : ‘ Ne sutor ultra crepidam ’ ’ ( ‘ Let the cobbler stick to his last ’ ) .
2 Well I heard what that bloke said to you last time when I went before , do n't worry , once you 've paid for it once you 've paid it they 'll sort it out from there .
3 Mick said to me last night , he said to me you can never fit not used to it , but
4 MERSEYSIDE 'S hopes of some sort of compensation following their opening defeat at the hands of Yorkshire came to nothing last Sunday .
5 If it 's alright then I 'll come home cos Mr said to me last night , oh you want to stay here the night .
6 ‘ Yes , find out what Blackbeard said to 'im last night . ’
7 But she was laying in bed listening to them last night were n't you ?
8 Another door opened to me last year when my daughter presented me with a gorgeous grandson , Simon , the same daughter who was instrumental in my first joining the Brownie Pack so many years ago !
9 Matey thought unkindly that Mrs Darrell rather liked the idea of becoming Lady Cochrane when Stair went to his last rest , which at the rate he was living might not be long .
10 Jim said to me last night is er Jimmy h is he not working ?
11 ‘ As you may remember when Peter Lipscomb spoke to you last year , we have embarked on a £53 million investment programme .
12 ‘ It all too big for politics , ’ as a former Cabinet Minister said to us last week .
13 By the way , the last thing Carolyn said to me last night was that her party was open-house and we could go any time . ’
14 It is this later Holiday which most recognise and her admirers point to her last years as her most compelling .
15 Jackie said to me last week she said , well it 's the first of December .
16 He had never used her first name before , she realised , and the lilting sound of it on his lips sent a knife-sharp thrust of awareness through her , taking away any power to reply to his last words .
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