Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was unbearably aware of the tensile strength of his incipient beard beneath the shaven smoothness of his jaw , just as she was of the aroused hardness of his body , controlled , contained but testifying to his rampant masculinity in a way that was driving her to abandon the last remaining threads of self-control . |
| 2 | I enclose a copy of what caused me to miss the last meeting of the Powys Health Project . |
| 3 | The helmet allowed us to have the last few hours of his life together before his airlift to hospital , and this would not have been possible otherwise . |
| 4 | ( g ) The notes are also useful for the preparation of any report on title that may be required for your client 's bank , building society or other mortgagee , the form of which sometimes requires you to state the last purchase price , etc. ( h ) Your notes on title will help you deal with any possible requisitions by the Land Registry and will also indicate at a glance deeds containing restrictive covenants , easements or plans , which should be retained after registration as giving fuller information and exact wording on matters of possible dispute . |
| 5 | Victor Lewis-Smith killed it , in one of his Time Out columns , with a heartfelt appeal for a gadget which would enable us to break the last tiny piece of poppadam into two equal pieces . |
| 6 | Asking them to recount the last incidence of the problem behaviour often helps . |
| 7 | Basel takes place right at the end of the season after the New York contemporary art auctions , allowing it to have the last word on the state of the market . |
| 8 | She would stay until the first intermission , then leave him to watch the last complete performance alone . |
| 9 | Infuriated by what she called the actions of a wicked little sneak , Smallfry had forced him to eat every last crumb of the cake without allowing him to clean the dirt and animal saliva from its surface . |
| 10 | 4 You work in a bookshop , someone has telephoned to ask you to put the last copy of a particular book ( which will be difficult to replace ) on one side . |
| 11 | The Germans left us to pull the last rope down and headed off without us , leaving us temporarily disenchanted with international fraternity . |
| 12 | May I suggest if the thing is worn out it will help us to jump the last hurdle . |