Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] the last time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I had thought she would recover , but when I learned her illness was serious , I decided to visit her at night , for what might be the last time . |
| 2 | For about fifteen minutes he did nothing but sit there contentedly , sipping his coffee and watching their restless , flickering scene around him through half-open eyes : the tall , bearded man with a cigar and a fatuous grin who walked up and down at an unvarying even pace like a clockwork soldier , never looking at anybody ; the plump ageing layabout in a Gestapo officers leather coat and dark glasses holding court outside the door of the cafe , trading secrets and scandal with his men friends , assessing the passers-by as thought they were for sale , calling after women and making hour-glass gestures with his hairy gold-ringed hands ; a frail old man bent like an S , with a crazy harmless expression and a transistor radio pressed to his ear walking with the exaggerated urgency of those who have nowhere to go ; slim Africans with leatherwork belts and bangles laid out on a piece of cloth ; a Gypsy child sitting n the cold stone playing the same four note again and again on a cheap concertina ; two foreigners with guitars an a small crowd around them ; a beggar with his shirt pulled down over one shoulder to reveal the stump of an amputated arm ; a pudgy shapeless women with an open suitcase full of cigarette lighters and bootleg cassettes ; the two Nordic girls at the next table , basking half-naked in the weak March sun as though this might be the last time it appeared this year . |
| 3 | There has been a strong hint that this will be the last competitive Masters for Arnold Palmer , 63 , and it could be the last time we see the jaunty 90-year-old Gene Sarazen , and Sam Snead , 80 in May , lead off the event with a ceremonial nine holes . |
| 4 | Of course , Catherine had kept away ; it could be the last time he would see his wife alive . |
| 5 | Clint says he has been sitting on the story of Unforgiven for 15 years waiting to grow into the part but denies that this could be the last time he saddles up and rides off into the sunset . |
| 6 | He arrived in a top hat and morning coat , already a somewhat archaic form of working dress , and said to the waiting cameraman : ‘ Photograph me now , gentlemen , it may be the last time you will see me ’ . |
| 7 | So they kissed , for what Jane knew would be the last time , in Belgrave Square . |
| 8 | The artillery-piece beside the building fired for what would be the last time ; the enemy would be upon them before the gunners could reload . |
| 9 | We never thought it would be the last time we saw him . ’ |
| 10 | Then , as now , the paralysis of progressive institutional politics found its echo in the threat of world war — this time would be the last time . |
| 11 | Now , just before he left the country for what would be the last time . |
| 12 | He promised himself that this would be the last time he strayed beyond the legally permitted limits in life-he could n't risk the loss of Celia . |
| 13 | Anyway , he always told himself that this would be the last time ; this time he would find some really good job in which he would get on really well and his talents would be appreciated and people would like him and he would surprise all his Tormentors , so there would be no reason to go through the whole fraught and sapping business of signing on again . |
| 14 | He wondered if this would be the last time . |
| 15 | ‘ It will be the last time . |
| 16 | ‘ This will be the last time I have to diet because I have a completely different attitude towards my body and the food that I eat . ’ |
| 17 | It is n't a good system , and we have now heard both Jimmy Airlie and John Edmunds say that they hope it will be the last time it is used . |
| 18 | Due to the publication schedule of ‘ Contact ’ I am actually writing this before the AGM , so I ca n't say anything more about it except that I intend to resign at it , due to the fact that I expect to be leaving the London area , so this will be the last time you will hear about London Branch from me . |
| 19 | But tonight it is true , and tonight will be the last time . ’ |
| 20 | Now , erm , what 's wrong with this if you think about it , is that er it 's hard to know what fitness and fittest means and although I 'm now gon na spend about ten minutes talking about it , this will be the last time you 'll hear me mention the word fitness , and I strongly advise you to do the same , for reasons which I will now n now explain . |
| 21 | I want to be alone with you — it will be the last time for several days . ’ |
| 22 | So perhaps his outing at Kirkistown next month will be the last time we 'll see him . |
| 23 | ‘ They are a fine bunch of men and it will be the last time they are together . ’ |
| 24 | This year will be the last time he attends the Isle of Man TT races . |