Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turnover for the six months to the end of March almost doubled to £101m and the interim loss fell from last year 's £6.2m to £5.6m ( tour operators traditionally make a loss during the winter months when few people book holidays ) . |
| 2 | Producing three pages of detailed questions relating to last year 's accounts may entitle an interviewer to draw an adverse conclusion . |
| 3 | But the news , later in the day , that the first of at least 10 chartered trains had at last crossed the border into Czechoslovakia revived the East Germans ' spirit of solidarity in the face of inconvenience and discomfort . |
| 4 | ‘ It belonged to your father , ’ the old man said at last . |
| 5 | I 'm having a yearly detailed print done of last year , |
| 6 | Vologsky 's turbulent emotions broke at last . |
| 7 | Her neighbour , after helping himself well to leg of mutton as the vast dish had at last come round to him , said ( confirming her ) , ‘ Our guest of honour is a real femme du monde . ’ |
| 8 | I spun into the spotlight with arms raised , smile flashing , galloped down the stairs , trying not to look down , across the stage , bowing like a courting duck to the boxed panel en route , along the promontory jutting out into the midst of the wildly cheering audience and , as the extravagant applause began at last to subside , heard myself say : |
| 9 | It was certainly a more honest confession than George Bush ever managed , and by saying that he has been forced into this decision by an expanding deficit which has gone ‘ beyond even the worst official government estimates from last year ’ , he is also confronting Americans with some central truths about their economic situation . |
| 10 | Mr Ashdown professed to be delighted that the Tories had taken the Liberal Democrats head on last week , in an attempt to chip away at their support . |
| 11 | The Palace had been unable to fill the outside-left berth adequately after George Clarke 's long reign had come to an end , but there was no doubt in any supporter 's minds that a worthy successor had at last been found when Bob Bigg made his Palace debut . |
| 12 | A multi-tribal alliance of their own is their only chance of hanging on to power when white rule ends at last . |
| 13 | It 's just that after four long , very long , years , a little light seems at last to be discernible through the gloom . |
| 14 | Poor dear David Marquis , mid-nervous breakdown owing to last night 's appalling Box Office receipts , has left at 8 a.m . |
| 15 | In mid-March the Home Office was all set to go ahead with a White Paper based on last year 's policy report on cabling by Lord Hunt . |
| 16 | The steadying claw withdrawn at last . |
| 17 | The report anticipates sales of organic produce to rise from last year 's £900 million to £2.7 billion by 1995 . |
| 18 | And indeed the little creature merely sighed before lying motionless , the fateful twitching stilled at last . |
| 19 | Franco 's propagandists spared no efforts to demonstrate that the international community had at last recognized the rightness of his principles , or to extol what they called the enormous political skill of the man who had foreseen the Cold War years before it became reality . |
| 20 | Someone reported a long time ago that an old lady , on her deathbed , was heard to say : ‘ Weel , it will be a great blessing to hear at last the real truth of the Gowrie conspiracy ’ . |
| 21 | A YEAR after the European Community 's central-bank governors produced what is known as the Delors report on economic and monetary union , the European Commission has at last written its own credo on EMU . |
| 22 | Sergeant Charles Trumper was discharged from active service on 20 February 1919 , one of the early ones : the missing toe had at last counted for something . |
| 23 | The public breakdown of discipline in the crime-suppression division has at last destroyed the faith of many Thais in the police . |
| 24 | The luxury tramcar had at last arrived ! |
| 25 | The 1993 LIBF had a distinctly European feel : the number of overseas visitors compared with last year rose from 1,868 to 2,462 , an increase of 32% . |
| 26 | She will be able to get on with her independent life knowing at last that everyone is aware of the truth . |
| 27 | The £200 million that the government has pledged to Alvey represents 60 per cent of the £350 million total spending proposed in last year 's Alvey report . |
| 28 | ‘ The General Staff has at last discovered what fighters are for . |
| 29 | To Robyn it seemed that critical theory had at last moved to its rightful place , centre-stage , in the theatre of history , and she was ready to play her part in the drama . |
| 30 | ‘ And you , ’ he said softly , as she turned when the far door opened at last . |