Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] the last [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TEENAGERS facing the last two years of compulsory schooling will be able to study new ‘ short courses ’ as an alternative to full GCSE ones . |
| 2 | TEENAGERS facing the last two years of compulsory schooling will be able to study new ‘ short courses ’ as an alternative to full GCSE ones . |
| 3 | On July 2 Alia signed a decree pardoning the last political prisoners in Albania [ for earlier releases of political prisoners see pp. 37972 ; 38017 ] . |
| 4 | On the other side of the mill , in contrast , was a deep high banked muddy trough meandering the last half mile into the Severn estuary . |
| 5 | In the diary covering the last four years of his life there is little mention of books , but he had brought out an edition of Aristophanes ' ‘ Plutus ’ and ‘ Clouds ’ in 1767 . |
| 6 | B. Or MEDICAL PHYSICS , by means of a two year block release course commencing the last two weeks in September 1991 . |
| 7 | For the browsers there is Golf : The Golden Years , a pictorial anthology by Sarah Baddiel celebrating the last few years of the 19th century and the first 40 or so of the 20th . |
| 8 | Bailey took it 6-2 6-1 … but for henman reaching the last eight is another triumph in his first season on the international circuit |
| 9 | Bailey took it 6-2 6-1 … but for henman reaching the last eight is another triumph in his first season on the international circuit |
| 10 | The main gripe following the last dismal showing in Hong Kong was Scotland 's lack of preparation . |
| 11 | He arranged the coins neatly in their denominations on top of the note , halfpennies and pennies at one corner , sixpences and shillings at another , two florins at a third , and a half-crown covering the last unanchored corner . |
| 12 | Discretion would appear to be ‘ the better part ’ ; about fifty to sixty metres down from me on the right are some very steep — probably vertical — cliffs falling the last thirteen to seventeen metres into the sea and I have no desire to ride an avalanche down . |
| 13 | Like here , the leaves at Leighton would be turning a reddish-gold , there would be the faint smell of wood smoke , and Corbett wondered if his wife was also out in the fields enjoying the last lingering warm embrace of summer . |
| 14 | Heart pounding , Polly stumbled one-handed down the companionway and dumped mugs , flask , and the plate containing the last few sandwiches in the nearer sink . |
| 15 | She had asked the same thing following the last two births , Hubert 's and Robin 's . |
| 16 | To investigate the effect of withdrawals , we repeated t tests at the end of treatment using the last available assessment before withdrawal of treatment . |
| 17 | A. Taking the last three points together . |
| 18 | Clapp subsequently lost heavily to Suffolk 's Colin Gathercole in the afternoon , however , to leave Essex needing the last two matches to go the right way . |