Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | He agreed missing his son 's engagement had been the last straw . |
| 2 | The immediate post-war years had been the last classic period of the film as social sermon and one can almost sense the relief as the studios discovered that social context did not need quite as much emphasis . |
| 3 | Last night had been the last straw . |
| 4 | Too often in the past , when changes have been made , managers have been the last to know . |
| 5 | Searching the flat had been the last thing on his mind , but Bodie said , ‘ Malone 's boys are on it now . ’ |
| 6 | Such sharing of the superego constitutes what we call religion ; and the particular religious form which he assumed was that of the animal totem , a choice appropriate in the new hunting culture and a consequence of the fact that the primal father had been the last of the truly animal hominids . |
| 7 | Miss Gracie had been the last governess , a pale sad woman who had lived for the brief holidays she could get away to spend with a beloved brother and his family in Stirling . |
| 8 | Sister Murphy had been the last nurse to be with Sister Edith Cavell , and King George V had honoured her by making her the first to receive a medal for bravery at one of his levees . |
| 9 | Anthony 's death had been the last straw . |
| 10 | Crawford had been the last actor to audition for the role of Buddy . |
| 11 | John had been the last of his generation . |
| 12 | If the figure on the cross had been the last sight of him , we would have heard nothing more of him and there would have been no Church . |