Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] a last " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as he drove himself into a last titanic effort to surface into the light , the pain began to divide and concentrate itself in three separate areas of his body ; his head , his right arm and his chest . |
| 2 | Curtis , fully aware that this was the last night of the Prophet 's current crusade , had anticipated that he might choose it for a last hunting expedition , before retreating to his lair upstate . |
| 3 | Get them for a last bargain . |
| 4 | Perhaps they saw it as a last call for help to come to a failing Britain . |
| 5 | ‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress . |
| 6 | Certain spiders also use it as a last resort . |
| 7 | ‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’ |
| 8 | He wanted to dissipate it and leave her with a last impression of him that was not totally unpleasant . |
| 9 | Tom gave a slow , satisfied nod and left them after a last reassuring pat on Faye 's shoulder . |
| 10 | These mementos evoke both respectful memories and an insight into the changes of the woman 's role up to the certain ‘ decadence ’ , where the family is slowly fading wither her as a last , childless descendant . |
| 11 | I take it as a last question , comment . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ They seemed to be using us as a last resort . |
| 13 | Tom Poole suggested it as a last resort , and Coleridge , who remembered the cottage , immediately asked him to take it for a year . |
| 14 | Independence of course demands economic means : and this brings us to a last and equally basic issue . |