Example sentences of "[prep] the last of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was here that Joe Carr demolished the American Bob Cochran for the last of his three victories in 1960 , and a warm welcome awaits Joe , an historic triumph . |
| 2 | A miserably dull , windy and cold Saturday morning beckoned for the last of my Island days and Ewen very kindly had given up his spare time to run me around the Stornoway locality before dropping me off at the airport . |
| 3 | Most of the furniture was familiar to him from boyhood visits to his grandparents , inherited by his aunt as the last of her generation . |
| 4 | There was a ragged pause , not a movement as the last of her underwear floated over the side of the bed . |
| 5 | As the last of their horses plunged across , Perry and Whipple 's cavalry approached . |
| 6 | We reached that long final traverse on what looks like an arc of crumbling cheese as the last of our fellow gladiators was disappearing from view . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's about the last of them , sir , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I shake my head and trawl my spoon through the last of my soup . |
| 9 | The presenter drained off the last of her gin and tonic and clinked the ice in the bottom of her glass . |
| 10 | Blanche drank off the last of her whisky , leaving a few pebbles of unmelted ice in the bottom of her glass . |
| 11 | She drained off the last of her tepid coffee . |
| 12 | As I slept off the last of my baggitis , sweet visions of castles , fountains and autumn leaves drifted through my dreams . |
| 13 | In order to make Victoria known to the people , Conroy would run her around the country on semi-royal tours , after the last of which , in 1835 , she succumbed to typhoid . |
| 14 | WAYNE LARKINS , shunted into the sidings after the last of his six Test caps in 1981 , has been recalled to the England team for their one-day match against a Railway XI in Delhi today . |
| 15 | Imagine a vista of rolling Tuscan hills with the outline of San Gimignano 's towers on the crest of the last of them ! |
| 16 | Where a transfer of value is made by associated operations carried out at different times it shall be treated as made at the time of the last of them . |
| 17 | I think this one of the last of them now . |
| 18 | It was one of the last of his evocative flights of homespun philosophy . |
| 19 | The Devil , wriggling out of the last of his knitted tail , wiped the shiny grease off his face and neck before strolling over . |
| 20 | It was too tempting a target , and the Zeppelin aimed for it with the last of its deadly cargo , but this time , they overshot the mark . |
| 21 | Whirling her long , powerful arms , with the last of her strength , she flung the gun in a great arc , so that it sailed up , high above Doyle 's head . |
| 22 | Was it too much to think that that dying little creature with the last of her strength had carried her kitten to the only haven of comfort and warmth she had ever known in the hope that it would be cared for there ? |
| 23 | With the last of her failing strength , she dragged herself into a patch of undergrowth before collapsing . |
| 24 | With the last of her dresses hanging in the wardrobe , undies neatly folded in the drawer , Lindsey switched on the radio and bedside lamp . |
| 25 | The two went into a long drinking session , and the end of it was that he bought the man 's seventeen-year-old daughter outright , with the last of his grant . |
| 26 | It was first spotted by Gary Walker at Wiiija Records — currently championing Huggy Bear and Cornershop and one of the ‘ 90s ’ most underestimated talent scouts — who flew to Belfast with the last of his money to sign them in the early days . |
| 27 | With the last of his strength Aenarion crawled to the altar and drove the blade back into its resting place , embedding it so deep that none could ever draw it forth again . |
| 28 | And as , with the last of my strength , I launched myself into the air it came to me suddenly why I had dreamed about Blossom last night . |
| 29 | She held various responsible and stressful secretarial posts in education , from the last of which she resigned last September suffering from acute exhaustion . |
| 30 | According to an Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) news agency report on April 7 the Assembly adopted a constitutional amendment which effectively relieved Heng Samrin , the former SOC leader , from the last of his remaining state posts , as Chair of the Council of State . |