Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] the last " in BNC.

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1 Five thousand of them covered the last mile of the march through the Berkshire fields in silence , despite the coldest and wettest Easter for forty years .
2 She listened in such a way as to make every remark of mine appear the last word in wit .
3 Did you notice that , you could of you could have ended about you know the last the last six sentences , you could have ended
4 It is very important for you to attend the last two or three lectures of the course .
5 It was what Nigel wanted in theory , but in practice he could n't bear the whole thing ending acrimoniously , especially with her getting the last word .
6 ‘ Will we , misses ? ’ he asked and his air of total belief in her banished the last of Hari 's uncertainty .
7 Travis had the same idea , for he moved away from her to remove the last of his clothes before turning to her again , his body moving over her , his legs gliding between hers so there was scarcely an inch of their two bodies that was not touching , and she was made vitally aware of his arousal .
8 Getting through it took the last of his energy .
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