Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seemed no point , unless it was just a question of wanting to get the last word . |
| 2 | In the first place it financed a boom , helping to win the last election . |
| 3 | Everything below , we were sure , was exactly as it would have appeared in centuries past-apart from one major anachronism , a bright yellow construction crane , which was attempting to plant the last monolith in the stone circle . |
| 4 | Attempting to crank the last iota of abandonment out of an intrinsically empty and mechanical experience . |
| 5 | But even if this tape is going to record the last speech of somebody famous and it did n't get and therefore they could n't record it , that is co , the consequence of a delay , you know , a fall of snow or our vehicle breaking down or something not being done , or missed some in human , some human error , it 's not our , we do n't lay , we 'll give , we 'll insure or offer transit liability on the value of the goods providing you 've got additional full transit liability with us , but we wo n't for the loss of business because you did n't get it . |
| 6 | Picking up the shot he crouched low at the back of the throwing circle — he was obviously going to put every last gram of effort into preserving his reputation . |
| 7 | ‘ Looks as if Dora 's going to have the last laugh , ’ said Iris . |
| 8 | The female mates with up to four males , laying a clutch of four eggs for each of them , but usually staying to help the last male . |
| 9 | CROONER Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade . |
| 10 | He closed the door behind him and walked slowly down the corridor until he reached the top of the marble staircase , passing his own office and Pat Muldoon 's without wishing to take a last look . |
| 11 | Jerry Peel was pre-event favourite in this over-40s competition , but had to settle for third place behind Peter Black and Dave Barton after failing to read the last move . |
| 12 | They were also immature in the battles they had with their children , often fighting to have the last word , calling the child names , or taunting them with statements such as ‘ You just dare ’ . |
| 13 | Or you could be sensible and stop trying to squeeze the last drop of current from the transformer ! |
| 14 | I found myself fronting various current affairs programmes , striving for impeccable balance when the wily professional politicians were at loggerheads in the studio , each trying to have the last word and score the final point . |
| 15 | Do n't you remember the canteen lady leaving to get the last tram ? ’ |
| 16 | Barns were supposed to have hay in them — they did in the movies — where the hero could hide while the baddies , with a total disregard for blood poisoning or spread HIV , jabbed a pitchfork in and out like a demented barman trying to get the last maraschino out of the bottle . |
| 17 | Well as usual we could n't remember the last time you came , I was trying to think the last time |
| 18 | Puffing from the butt of a long gone joint , anticipating to squeeze the last speck , his hands blue from the cold icy wind as it runs in and out of his domain . |