Example sentences of "[verb] [art] last [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicolo watched as Caroline spooned the last bit of tiramisu from her dessert plate . |
| 2 | Samuel Barber 's Adagio for Strings was well enough played but lacked the last ounce of passion , and suffered badly from the aurally obtrusive air conditioning system , Randall Thompson 's Alleluya showed that the Festival Chorus on this occasion were equally as adept at unaccompanied singing as their counterparts had been last week . |
| 3 | ‘ Tomorrow , ’ she said , ‘ nudging the last float of ice at the penguin 's feet , ‘ tomorrow you 'll feel different — trust me ! ’ |
| 4 | Christina had just received the last consignment of furniture , arriving in the nick of time to prevent it being dumped higgledy-piggledy in the reception hall . |
| 5 | A SPECIAL task force yesterday unearthed the last £140,000 of the ransom money handed over after estate agent Stephanie Slater was kidnapped . |
| 6 | The drama was not quite over because all three players managed to hit the last green in two shots , and Harley , by dint of a nice kick forward when the ball pitched , was no more than six feet from the hole . |
| 7 | The Queen 's cousin made a public plea to construction giant Trafalgar House not to demolish the last hangar at Brooklands in Weybridge , Surrey . |
| 8 | Blake drunk the last drops of his beer and left . |
| 9 | During the seven-year period 1642 to 1649 , parliament also designated the last Wednesday of each month as a solemn day of ‘ fasting and humiliation ’ , which was to be observed by abstinence from food and drink and attendance at a day-long round of religious exercises aimed at producing both personal and national reformation . |
| 10 | On Nov. 27 the Federal Court ruled that the half-canton of Appenzell-Innerrhoden should grant women the vote at cantonal and communal level with immediate effect , a decision breaching the last bastion of all-male suffrage in Europe . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I wo n't cry over spilt milk , ’ Karen said as she finally recovered the last smithereen of dog . |
| 12 | Their cattle are finished : they made the last batch of bread with oxblood to save what 's left of the water , and they drink that mixed with wine , of which there is n't all that much , either . |
| 13 | Hence the marginal cost of producing the last film must be the value of the meals sacrificed by using the last units of labour to make films rather than meals . |
| 14 | Using the last example of a bond with a dirty price of 96.50 , coupon payments of 8.75 per annum and a year to maturity , we get the following yields to maturity : |
| 15 | Morton said quietly , watching as the tall man lowered the last crate into the hold . |
| 16 | The large urban local authorities which remain the last bastion of Labour power have tried to undercut New Right attacks by improving the efficiency and quality of their services , and becoming more responsive to their users ( Fenwick 1989 ; Young 1991 ) . |
| 17 | 30 June 1989 found most of the battalion not on guard in bearskins and tunics , but enjoying the last day of a fortnight 's shooting on the ranges at Salisbury Plain , on ISAAC . |
| 18 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A , L to signify the last version of the module or A to signify the next approved version of the module . |
| 19 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A , L to signify the last version of the module or A to signify the next approved version of the module . |
| 20 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A , L to signify the last version of the module or A to signify the next approved version of the module . |
| 21 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A , L to signify the last version of the module or A to signify the next approved version of the module . |
| 22 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A , L to signify the last version of the module or A to signify the next approved version of the module . |
| 23 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A , L to signify the last version of the module or A to signify the next approved version of the module . |
| 24 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A , L to signify the last version of the module or A to signify the next approved version of the module . |
| 25 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A , L to signify the last version of the module or A to signify the next approved version of the module . |
| 26 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A , L to signify the last version of the module or A to signify the next approved version of the module . |
| 27 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A , L to signify the last version of the module or A to signify the next approved version of the module . |
| 28 | The three are singing the last bars of a song . |
| 29 | He disputed Lenin 's contention that imperialism constitutes the last stage of capitalism , arguing that in Latin America it represented only the first stage . |
| 30 | Possessed of such , and revelling in the distance set between them and miserable ‘ pragmatism ’ , Mrs Thatcher 's Conservative Party can still persuade itself to see the last decade as a period when undeviating conviction wrought a miracle in the land . |