Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I got to the last rocker I had been out of the garage , round the block three times , back up the drive and home in time for teal Is there any way I can turn the engine over without moving the vehicle ? |
| 2 | any way I got to the last one and it was two combinations combined together , so you 've got two separate combinations to do and then you 're to put those two together in with a different rule |
| 3 | When I came to the last two years of school , I wanted to specialize in mathematics and physics . |
| 4 | A quiver of anguish passed along my spine as I came to the last dish . |
| 5 | So I walked to the last bench what seated three pupils , I said , there it is look it 's stuck about three inch . |
| 6 | ‘ I find by the time I get to the last houses on Christmas Eve , rum custard has congealed into a nasty skin , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I point to the last Northern Ireland Assembly , of which I had the honour of being Speaker . |
| 8 | Erm I turn to the last paragraph motion Mr Chairman . |
| 9 | On the Sunday morning I went to the last service to be held at the City Temple . |
| 10 | Well I went to the last week and I did say that I 'd like to go to that one , I 'll go to as many as I can |
| 11 | I agree with everything you 've said until you got to the last bit . |
| 12 | She clung to the last vestiges of reality . |
| 13 | She came to the last button and , plucking up all her courage , slipped the dress off her shoulders and let it drop to the floor . |
| 14 | And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself . |
| 15 | Her eyes widened as she came to the last paragraph , and she stared at it before abruptly crumpling the paper and stuffing it back into her case . |
| 16 | Mr Smith 's warning coincided with a call by Ken Livingstone , the Labour MP for Brent East , who said on London Weekend Television 's The Walden Interview : ‘ You can be miles ahead in the polls , but when you get to the last three weeks , people think , ‘ Can I afford a Labour government ? ’ |
| 17 | Miracle Squares I think there 's a lot of thought gone into it you know , it ca n't be easy to re er to , to just dream up a game erm , I like the one about you go to the last supper and the waiter spills soup on your trousers , the waiter , ha tell you else about the Marx brothers an'all , the waiter is er the king of Snowdonia and it 's Groucho Marx , the , they 've got this massive hall , and er these big steps leading down into it you know and as , as they 're coming in there 's somebody at the top and Ann says who 's , who 's walking in and they walk down the stairs you know and Mr and Mrs and the king has you know and he says oh the king Snowdonia is about to arrive , he should be here any minute now , he should be here dead on this time you know , he gets these big fanfare trumpets up da , da , da , da , the king of Snowdonia , and there 's nothing and all of a sudden it flashes to Groucho Marx and then he 's in bed with |
| 18 | When Gandalf says to Frodo of his wound on Weathertop , ‘ your heart was not touched , and only your shoulder was pierced ; and that was because you resisted to the last ’ , he may be making a moral statement ( Frodo was rewarded ) or a practical one ( he dodged , called out , struck back , put off the Ringwraith 's aim ) . |
| 19 | Did you come to the last history meeting |
| 20 | She had to the last a youthful enthusiasm , an erect carriage , and a firm step . |
| 21 | We did all right until we got to the last bit and I got my foot caught in Otley 's pocket when he tried to bend down , he fell and flung me over his head knocking my wig skew-whiff . |
| 22 | One time we went to The Last Resort in Fulham Road . |
| 23 | We went to the last . |
| 24 | I think , I think , I think on the er planning report when we went to the last planning committee when the refusal was made highways said the access was okay . |
| 25 | Good , O K , let's see how we get so far , before we come to the last question . |
| 26 | None of them mentioned Richard or Hubert Molland ; nor did they refer to the last time they had all had tea together . |
| 27 | they tend to drift away when they get to the last year anyway , you know ? |
| 28 | Perhaps he ought to remember those days and get around to living up to the promise he made to the last Tory conference . |
| 29 | It insists to the last on the existence and activities of opponents to Judas Maccabaeus , including the former High Priest Alcimus . |
| 30 | Just as he got to the last one I said , by the way , I had one of those . |