Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One drawback of the Masters for married men , who want to see the last putt in , is that it requires them to creep to bed as if they were returning from a night club . |
| 2 | She says it 's hard work having to think of other ways of getting around — having always to take into consideration the bus timetables — I ca n't arrange to meet friends unless there 's a bus at that time and coming home — leaving the pubs — I have to drink up quickly if I want to catch the last bus home . |
| 3 | ( If you tried to swap the last column of a table without doing so you would jumble up your text ) |
| 4 | Hospital doctors , for example , are still expected to have the last word about their patients ' discharge dates , or about their transfer to other institutions , or to decide whether they should be offered facilities such as regular readmission to relieve carers . |
| 5 | The two finishing holes are designed to test the last reserves of the golfer 's confidence . |
| 6 | And er , so she said she , she wants to take the last couple of days away |
| 7 | It seemed to represent the last word as a model for other cities to follow . |
| 8 | It was widely believed that there were no human fossils , so the recent appearance of humankind seemed to represent the last step in the ascent of life . |
| 9 | There seemed no point , unless it was just a question of wanting to get the last word . |
| 10 | In the first place it financed a boom , helping to win the last election . |
| 11 | Everything below , we were sure , was exactly as it would have appeared in centuries past-apart from one major anachronism , a bright yellow construction crane , which was attempting to plant the last monolith in the stone circle . |
| 12 | The corpse road avoided the villages along the route for fear that the spirit of the dead should be enticed to return , a fear that in fact stemmed from Norse mythology , in which the corpse way was thought to mirror the last journey of the soul from the earth into the underworld . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh yes — only I 've got to catch the last bus home and it leaves at a quarter to eleven … ’ |
| 14 | Attempting to crank the last iota of abandonment out of an intrinsically empty and mechanical experience . |
| 15 | When a priest arrived to administer the last rites , Mansell sent him away . |
| 16 | But even if this tape is going to record the last speech of somebody famous and it did n't get and therefore they could n't record it , that is co , the consequence of a delay , you know , a fall of snow or our vehicle breaking down or something not being done , or missed some in human , some human error , it 's not our , we do n't lay , we 'll give , we 'll insure or offer transit liability on the value of the goods providing you 've got additional full transit liability with us , but we wo n't for the loss of business because you did n't get it . |
| 17 | I 've got to get the last train home . |
| 18 | ‘ Looks as if Dora 's going to have the last laugh , ’ said Iris . |
| 19 | But here the Common Law Courts manage to get the last word ; for they acquired the power , in the fifteenth century , to decide whether the writ is good or not , and if not , the fact that the plaintiff has got the writ will not help him . |
| 20 | The female mates with up to four males , laying a clutch of four eggs for each of them , but usually staying to help the last male . |
| 21 | Whether or not you opened the discussion , you may be invited to have the last word . |
| 22 | CROONER Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade . |
| 23 | Jerry Peel was pre-event favourite in this over-40s competition , but had to settle for third place behind Peter Black and Dave Barton after failing to read the last move . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you always have to have the last word ? ’ |
| 25 | The rider now aims to complete the last part of the turning routine literally by spinning the back of the machine around — the art of rear wheel steering which can begin with as little as 800rpm on the tacho ( 500 revs to around 13,000 ) . |
| 26 | He decided to spend the last hour at the local pub . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The regulars and the heavy mob from Fleet Street arrived and we just managed to catch the last train to Cambridge . |
| 29 | Politicians , however , were quite capable of making any assistance look somewhat larger than life and thus attempt to reap the last ounce of voter gratitude for their services . |
| 30 | He managed to complete the last lap with a flourish in a little under a minute , opening up a 10-metre lead down the back straight . |