Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] on [art] last " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't really want to comment on the last issue really , I think we 've probably said enough on that , er the the issue of the effect on West Yorkshire . |
2 | Therefore the only rational strategy for either of us to play on the 100th round will be DEFECT , and we can each assume that the other player will work that out and be fully resolved to defect on the last round . |
3 | ‘ If you do n't know what you 'd choose to do on the last day of your life , you do n't know what 's really important to you . |
4 | At Rackhams in Birmingham , sales have already beaten last year 's figures after the store decided to open on the last four Sundays before Christmas . |
5 | There are many examples similar to ( b ) ; perhaps the best rule to give is that the tonic syllable will tend to occur on the last lexical word in the tone-unit , but may be placed earlier in the tone-unit if there is a word there with greater importance to what is being said . |
6 | ‘ Sixty-four thousand people applied to get on the last series and most of the letters were written in crayon because they 're not allowed to use sharp instruments . |
7 | I think it was significant that we were able to do well without Sandy Lyle and without Bernard Langer contributing a point — Ballesteros , Woosnam and Faldo also failed to score on the last day . |