Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satisfied , Barry Silk laid the last item of his equipment lovingly down , almost as if for a kit inspection . |
| 2 | An attempt to include such a ban sank the last effort at constitutional reform , made by Congress in 1989 . |
| 3 | Toney made the last day and the final two rounds , and I was on my way . |
| 4 | In 1922 Parma became the last city in Italy to give in to Mussolini , and then only after violent fighting Oltre Torrente . |
| 5 | As the jeep turned the last curve at the foot of the slope the Brigadier braked and pointed . |
| 6 | And the barely legible postmark removed the last shred of doubt about who had sent it . |
| 7 | But former Blueman David McCallan had the last laugh on Linfield with a brilliant winner four minutes from time to put Bangor into the Bass Irish Cup semi-finals for the first time in 25 years . |
| 8 | But the old soldier had the last laugh . |
| 9 | At least the Scots had the last word . |
| 10 | Emburey and Stevenson nudged their singles , but Holding had the last word . |
| 11 | Nicholson ( 2 ) and Pittam were Timperley 's goal scorers and Dave Enoch scored a last minute goal for Northern from Mike Cooke 's free hit on the right . |
| 12 | Nicholson ( 2 ) and Pittam were Timporley 's goal scorers and Dave Enoch scored a last minute goal for Northern from Mike Cooke 's free hit on the right . |
| 13 | Eurotunnel lost the last round when an arbitration panel ruled in the contractors ' favour . |
| 14 | WITH the exquisite sense of timing of the champion yachtsman Alan Bond brought the last trading session of a tumultuous decade to a halt . |
| 15 | Even though more than three hundred years have gone by since the last Roundhead besieged the last Royalist ( and vice versa ) , evidence of their actions can sometimes still be seen on the ground . |
| 16 | When England won the last Test of 1973–4 the teams had met only twice in one-day internationals . |
| 17 | FORMER Sheffield Wednesday striker Steve Whitton had the last word — snatching an equaliser with only seconds to go for Ipswich at Bramall Lane . |
| 18 | It began at the 12th , with five successive birdies enabling her to finish two shots ahead of Miss Hall — and that though the Australian had a last round 69 . |
| 19 | And so , aided by Emma Watt , Rachaela carried the last box up to her flat . |
| 20 | Past him into the room sailed the last member of the Literary Lionisers ' committee . |
| 21 | But for other Keynesians , particularly in the United States , the Phillips curve furnished the last equation of the Keynesian model , supplanting once and for all that notorious intruder , the condition . |
| 22 | Mr Rumback had been asleep slumped over his desk and just as Endill removed the last screw he awoke with a start . |
| 23 | The Britons have never shed barbarism ; they are proud to tell you that Tacitus said the last word about Germans . |
| 24 | Stephen had the last word with a shot which flew inches past the top corner . |
| 25 | There is some reason to doubt that all the discrepancies can be eliminated by taking account of the short-term/long-term distinction : Lantz 's ( 1973 ) demonstration of superior latent inhibition with spaced trials came from a procedure in which the first conditioning trial followed the last trial of pre-exposure ; James ' ( 1971 ) demonstration of perfect retention used , in training , the interstimulus intervals typical of studies of short-term habituation . |
| 26 | Zena Murray emphasised the last word with distaste , stepping back to allow the two plain clothes men into Jim Scott 's office . |
| 27 | Tactfully she waited quietly as she noticed Helen 's tension , and as Sophie cut the last thread , covered the wound with antibiotic powder , and bandaged it up , Helen heaved a great sigh of relief . |
| 28 | INJURY-HIT Hartlepool made a last minute signing to replace injured record striker Andy Saville . |
| 29 | We also hear , incidentally , that Dr Mowlam and Tory candidate Robert Goodwill shared the last waltz ( ‘ not quite cheek to cheek ’ says the gallant Goodwill ) at the Langbaurgh council 's chairman 's ball on Friday . |
| 30 | Delaney lowered the last photograph . |