Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the last [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Owls entered the last 25 minutes , they needed just one goal to square the tie — and they looked perfectly capable of getting it . |
| 2 | IRELAND have the expertise — they are coached by Munster senior coach Garrett Fitzgerald — and the talent to reach the last eight . |
| 3 | GERMANY , another side to have ‘ employed ’ the technical know-how of a foreigner ( Emil Signes , the former coach and current manager of the US Eagles sevens side ) were equally unsuccessful in their bid to reach the last four . |
| 4 | Graf dropped the last four games of the second set after serving for the match at 5–3 , but then powered past fifth-seeded Sabatini 6–2 5–7 6–1 . |
| 5 | In another action , the speed marchers stretched their stride to cover the last 6 of 20 desert miles after a sharp night action . |
| 6 | In June , the new centre took a major step towards completion when the Rt Hon Norman Irons , Lord Provost of Edinburgh , attended a special ceremony to fit the last reflective glass panel into place . |
| 7 | TEENAGERS facing the last two years of compulsory schooling will be able to study new ‘ short courses ’ as an alternative to full GCSE ones . |
| 8 | TEENAGERS facing the last two years of compulsory schooling will be able to study new ‘ short courses ’ as an alternative to full GCSE ones . |
| 9 | THE province 's top triathletes are set to converge on Newtownabbey this weekend as the borough hosts the last major event in the |
| 10 | But you must wait for good weather to appreciate the mighty Picos de Europa range of mountains , just follow the river Deva through the dramatic La Hermida Defile ravine to the pretty Alpinesque town of Potes and on the Fuente Dé , where a cable car ascends the last 800 metres up to the sheer rock face . |
| 11 | Finally , when the stream dried up to a dribble , she popped the man 's wet dick in her mouth to savour the last few drops . |
| 12 | Ever since 1986 , when the Wyoming Game and Fish Department took the last black-footed ferret from the wild and placed it in a captive-breeding programme , the intention has been to reintroduce the species to the prairies of Wyoming as soon as enough individuals had been bred . |
| 13 | She returned to the brightly coloured pages of her magazine , leaving Frankie to eat the last remaining quarter of his jam sandwich in peace . |
| 14 | The boat floated the last few yards until it actually bumped the side of The Sandhopper . |
| 15 | The replacement of the old electric units on the Manchester-Hadfield line and most of the Merseyrail network with second-hand BR sliding-door stock removed the last pre-Nationalisation trains . |
| 16 | Oh , let there be someone around , she prayed silently , as she made the car fly the last few metres . |
| 17 | Lack of early-season form undermined their attempts to reach the last eight of the Benson & Hedges Cup , and in the Refuge League they were inconsistent . |
| 18 | It was organised by several local groups , including Wensleydale railway association , which sees the present 22 mile branch as a vital link in its campaign to restore the last 17 miles of the Wensleydale line between Redmire and Garsdale . |
| 19 | This work records the last photographic journey of his life : to Cyprus . |
| 20 | Jose Rivero birdied the last three holes to trim America 's lead to two shots and join Couples out in front in the individual race , won by Woosnam last year . |
| 21 | Aenarion walked the last few leagues over the haunted plains on foot . |
| 22 | Exactly thirty minutes later , Shannon packed the last two brushes into an already crammed hold-all and glanced quickly round the small room , checking for anything she might have missed first time round . |
| 23 | England won the last 28-9 at Ebbw Vale . |
| 24 | In a similar situation some years ago Rwanda had to abandon a plan to move the last 146 elephants in the country 40 km through a densely populated area because they could not find anyone in Africa who could run the drive . |
| 25 | The German played the last two rounds of the French Open with painkilling injections in her right foot but medics have now ruled out a stress fracture , diagnosing an inflammation of tissue membrane covering a bone in the foot . |
| 26 | The mental hospital where my great-uncle Fred spent the last 30 years of his life was one of a chain built around the fringes of London in the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 27 | This move negates the last remaining advantage of the dying V2000 system developed by Philips and Grundig . |
| 28 | Albert Einstein spent the last 50 years of his life unsuccessfully trying to unify the theories of electromagnetism and gravity . |
| 29 | On July 2 Alia signed a decree pardoning the last political prisoners in Albania [ for earlier releases of political prisoners see pp. 37972 ; 38017 ] . |
| 30 | Earlier this month the under-16 soccer team reached the last 32 of the All England and Wales Schoolboys competition , playing on the same Bamber Bridge pitch visited by Mr Calvin . |