Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was the last person anyone thought would get pregnant . |
| 2 | She looked at me unsmiling and I opened my mouth to protest that I was the last person in the world to take such a thing for granted , that I was the only person in the world who held a low opinion of sexual experience . |
| 3 | Paul I was the last Tsar who actually enjoyed his office . |
| 4 | ‘ And I was the last man off of 17,000 because I was still in the bus when they all went to the start . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I was the last time I checked , ’ nodded the man . |
| 6 | I was the last thing which I had anticipated , and the last thing which I sought . |
| 7 | I moved to clear it as I was the last defender in front of goal . |
| 8 | If she were the last lassie in the world I couldny |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't go with you if you were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 10 | I wonder what it would be like if you were the last man in the world , and I the last woman ? |
| 11 | Personally , I would n't try to seduce you if you were the last man on earth . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Even if you were the last man on earth — I would n't make love to you , ’ she added bitterly . |
| 13 | ‘ It seems likely that you were the last person to see Glynn alive , apart from his murderer , but at the moment I am more interested in what you can tell me about him — the sort of man he was — and about his friends and his enemies as far as you can . |
| 14 | And you were the last person to see her . |
| 15 | If you were the last woman left alive on this bloody earth , I think I 'd rather do it for myself . |
| 16 | She was the last person living to speak the language of the native islanders , so it was a pity that she could no longer use her tongue , except now and then to rasp out a harsh fragment of a song . |
| 17 | If she was the last woman on the face of the earth I would n't fuck her ! ’ |
| 18 | She was the last woman to be hanged in Scotland . |
| 19 | There was no looking back ; I wanted to remember Fiona as she was the last time we met , standing in the doorway of the croft , her black hair blowing in the breeze as she waved me goodbye . |
| 20 | She was the last passenger to set off across the tracks , laden with parcels from her shopping trip , and the little boy tagging along behind . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ I can think of a couple of occasions when patronising you was the last thing on my mind . ’ |
| 22 | Summarising prospects for a US-Soviet summit , Baker said : " I think we are right where we were the last time . " |
| 23 | ‘ We were the last people Frankie visited before flying home . |
| 24 | Oh I wish we were the last people they might have keep it |
| 25 | ‘ It 's Captain America 's big birthday in 1992 , 50 years or something , so we were the last thing Marvel wanted around . |
| 26 | I said they were the last pair of my nylons , memorial to my relationship with Blanche . |
| 27 | They were the last ones . |
| 28 | Neighbour Peter Bainbridge said last night : ‘ They were the last couple on earth you could imagine this happening to . |
| 29 | They were the last words they spoke to each other . |
| 30 | . they were the last words he spoke for 2 and a half years |