Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] the last " in BNC.
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1 | It took several minutes , and then suddenly another wave pulled the last line free , unwinding from her thigh , to relinquish its grip like some long thin tentacle . |
2 | This key deletes the last character typed in . |
3 | If some uncertainty surrounds the last stage of the book 's genesis , we can at least say something about its author 's state of mind on the eve of publication . |
4 | This chapter overlaps the last and should , where necessary , be read in conjunction with it . |
5 | But the old soldier had the last laugh . |
6 | Our 1910 sample did serve its apprenticeship in trade-union organization , and this episode provides the last chapter in the story . |
7 | One single-handed edged weapon — not a two-handed weapon or an axe — can be sharpened with this tool , and this act drains the last magic from it ( other weapons can be sharpened subsequently , but this will not enchant them ) . |
8 | This work records the last photographic journey of his life : to Cyprus . |
9 | On the other side of the mill , in contrast , was a deep high banked muddy trough meandering the last half mile into the Severn estuary . |
10 | This move negates the last remaining advantage of the dying V2000 system developed by Philips and Grundig . |
11 | But first I would make one further effort to solve the last enigma : to find out what had happened to Leslie . |
12 | The proper way to put the last sentence would be to say : ‘ If B is charged with such-and-such a crime , he will have a good defence . ’ |
13 | By way of contrast , Limbo is an excellent , varied VS 4c , culminating in an exciting traverse to join the last few moves of the former route . |
14 | There is some reason to doubt that all the discrepancies can be eliminated by taking account of the short-term/long-term distinction : Lantz 's ( 1973 ) demonstration of superior latent inhibition with spaced trials came from a procedure in which the first conditioning trial followed the last trial of pre-exposure ; James ' ( 1971 ) demonstration of perfect retention used , in training , the interstimulus intervals typical of studies of short-term habituation . |
15 | His husky moan of arousal as she placed her hands on his warm chest shattered the last remnants of any uncertainty she might have felt , and her arms closed about him as she revelled in the hard pressure of Ross 's body , the slight roughness of his masculine jaw as her silk gown was torn away and he pressed his burning lips to the soft , fragrant valley between her full breasts . |
16 | It 's not as if they get much study done the last week or so anyway . ’ |
17 | The former title-holder , Jansher Khan , also from Pakistan , plays Bryan Beeson , who became the second Briton to reach the last eight by overcoming Jason Nicolle , 15-7 , 15-13 , 15-6 in a tussle of English giant-killers . |
18 | The 5th-Century mystic spent the last 45 years of his life atop a stone pillar . |
19 | Let one such ordinand have the last word : ‘ If a student leaves college as a musical novice ( both in terms of their own singing ability and their ability to select music for worship ) then the worship of the churches in which they serve is going to be severely disadvantaged … |
20 | JACK CROMBIE Up and over : Chief Mole clears the last in the 2:15 at Edinburgh yesterday , but finished third |
21 | A river of molten rock overwhelmed the last of five big dykes , hurriedly built by villagers to protect their homes , and surrounded Signor Giuseppe Fichera 's farm cottage , only 150 yards from the nearest permanently inhabited house . |
22 | The country 's best known Mao impersonator , an actor called Gu Yue , has made a startling comeback in a new 90-minute epic portraying the last months of China 's civil war . |
23 | In sudden determination to have the last word , she chased after him . |
24 | On June 5 , the Slovenian Assembly passed the last of the key laws to facilitate " the takeover of actual power " and Radio Ljubljana began a three-day presentation on the Slovenian independence process in which the Slovenian government participated . |
25 | In the sprint event , Sheffieldbased Carrigeen Chief is fancied , though Graham Calvert 's Lucky Streak won the last sprint open at Sunderland and competed recently in a top open at Bristol . |
26 | On Feb. 11 the National Assembly approved legislation abolishing the last remaining centrally fixed food prices ; nearly all retail prices in Hungary were thus liberalized . |
27 | If we are to pay out a large sum to cover the last cargo there must be some corroboration . |
28 | On 9 April , this neglected reality had the last laugh . |
29 | This is a good moment to recall the last trickle of white immigration to arouse official panic . |
30 | maureen lipman has the last word ! |