Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There was little mirth among the film crew , least of all from Raymond Cusick whose job it suddenly became to pull a last minute rabbit out of the hat .
2 ( If you tried to swap the last column of a table without doing so you would jumble up your text )
3 We thought we 'd had the last laugh when we got to the play-off finals against Charlton but he was an even bigger pain in the arse after that .
4 In fact , rather better than he 'd seemed the last time I 'd seen him .
5 He 'd gone the last time , he reminded her , because of Lowell 's hands — well , partly .
6 It seemed to represent the last word as a model for other cities to follow .
7 It was widely believed that there were no human fossils , so the recent appearance of humankind seemed to represent the last step in the ascent of life .
8 Crawled until I could see the arrow only because it was pale against the bark , and knew I was already further away than when I 'd taken the last bearing .
9 But she did worry and she needed to know every last detail .
10 We called ploughing the last furrow in a stetch taking up the brew .
11 As they prepared to leave and resume their homeward journey , Jack decided to take a last look around the parcels office .
12 He decided to spend the last hour at the local pub .
13 The drama was not quite over because all three players managed to hit the last green in two shots , and Harley , by dint of a nice kick forward when the ball pitched , was no more than six feet from the hole .
14 The regulars and the heavy mob from Fleet Street arrived and we just managed to catch the last train to Cambridge .
15 He managed to complete the last lap with a flourish in a little under a minute , opening up a 10-metre lead down the back straight .
16 Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument .
17 He had won the last contest on points , thank God , but he knew that a series of ‘ X ’ films , and the suggestive posters that were essential to their promotion , would give Father Whatsisname just the chance he wanted to point the accusing finger .
18 By the time she had rolled the last lump of dog food into the canal , the sun was beginning to rise in the east .
19 On the completion of the circle , Moran again had to recite the Last Decade .
20 The dream grew faster and faster and more and more desperate , because he knew that he had to reach the last box before the end of the day .
21 He wondered if Gilbert White had seen the last edition of the Dictionary ( the seventh , 1756–59 ) where he had incorporated all the latest improvements in the culture of the cantaloupe melon .
22 J. B. Priestley recognised this in the extract chosen by Mr Hamilton from The Good Companions : ‘ … it [ Bruddersford United AFC ] offered you more than a shilling's-worth of material for talk during the rest of the week , a man who had missed the last home match of t'United had to enter social life on tiptoe in Bruddersford . ’
23 The primitive inn that catered for travellers who had missed the last ferry is now a modern hotel , and commercial interests have been attracted by the growing number of tourists .
24 Morgan had missed the last flight to Brussels the previous evening .
25 Willie was so exhausted from the day 's labours that he did n't know whether he had dreamt the last remark or not .
26 This is the same room where Jesus a few hours earlier had celebrated the last supper .
27 In an exhausting , exhilarating fortnight , they moved round the country triumphing gloriously at Cheshire , being demoralized at Cirencester , where they drew against a vastly inferior team , cockahoop at Kirtlington , and nearly coming unstuck at Windsor , where Perdita was sent off for swearing , so Rutshire had to play the last chukka with only three men , and only just won .
28 There is a story that when he had dictated the last sentence of his monumental Summa Theologiae , he laid his head in his hands sadly .
29 We had reached the last door .
30 Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury .
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