Example sentences of "[noun sg] the last [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For example you could use the letter P , in which case the last two lines might be : " It 's my patience , you brat , so come here and take that ! "
2 The lightning replied and then at last retired leaving the dull thunder the last fading word .
3 I first started to go when they were getting promotion to the second division the last few matches in the third division .
4 She had to drive her overheating car the last 18 miles , Beryl claimed .
5 For the queen the last few months had been perhaps harder then for the Shah himself .
6 In this crisis the last parliamentary Cabinet resigned and was replaced by a ‘ business cabinet ’ ( Kabinet karja ) headed by Djuanda , not identified with a party .
7 In contrast to this static , theatrical production , during the last weekend of the 1988 York Festival the last four mystery plays were re-enacted as they would have been in the fifteenth century .
8 In any event the last three novels juxtapose fathers and sons in an effort to gain access to or leverage upon some further thing .
9 Matches in hand on the sides all around them in the table and of course the team that has gone very very close to promotion the last two seasons loing losing in the playoff final .
10 Was the man the last Minoan king or the last Minoan high-priest of Knossos ?
11 And besides , if there was one thing the last two days had taught her , it was that even the most suspicious circumstances could have perfectly innocent explanations .
12 We need the information the last Labour government er when they were banking er banking crisis in the early er in the early seventies , instituted a series of inquiries , there was an inquiry into London and counties , there was one into London and capital , a series of inquiries which were published , the information was there , we knew what had gone wrong and we knew therefore how to deal with it .
13 As I say this this fellow the last twenty minutes are the best I 've seen Leicester City play for a long long time .
14 Waverley the last sea-going paddle-steamer visits the area during the summer months .
15 In the latter part of the fourth century the last great emperor of the west , Theodosius , who was of Spanish origin , finally abolished the pagan Roman calendar with its hotchpotch of festivals , thereby severing one of the most familiar links the Romans had with their historic past .
16 This year the last four students from our present training courses took the Medau Teachers ' Examination on 11th June and we are happy to report that all passed and are now qualified Medau Teachers .
17 Lizzy 's butter-wouldn't-melt-in-her-mouth image had kept her in good stead the last few years , but soon she wanted to break away .
18 Ralph Ellis , Chief Executive , said at the time of the announcement ‘ The market place is exceptionally difficult just now , but we saw very early on that it was tough — in fact the last three months of our financial year were the toughest experience in my business life .
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