Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( If you tried to swap the last column of a table without doing so you would jumble up your text ) |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In fact , rather better than he 'd seemed the last time I 'd seen him . |
| 4 | He 'd gone the last time , he reminded her , because of Lowell 's hands — well , partly . |
| 5 | It seemed to represent the last word as a model for other cities to follow . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We called ploughing the last furrow in a stetch taking up the brew . |
| 9 | He decided to spend the last hour at the local pub . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The regulars and the heavy mob from Fleet Street arrived and we just managed to catch the last train to Cambridge . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | By the time she had rolled the last lump of dog food into the canal , the sun was beginning to rise in the east . |
| 16 | On the completion of the circle , Moran again had to recite the Last Decade . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Morgan had missed the last flight to Brussels the previous evening . |
| 22 | Willie was so exhausted from the day 's labours that he did n't know whether he had dreamt the last remark or not . |
| 23 | This is the same room where Jesus a few hours earlier had celebrated the last supper . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | We had reached the last door . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The Rejects , who had reached the last stage without conceding a goal , were two down inside 20 minutes through Tommy Collins and Arwel Owen . |
| 29 | Before the war began , listening to reminiscences of those who had experienced the last war and sensing their dread , I imagined that once a war had started , no one would ever be happy again . |
| 30 | Flockmasters had to forget the last decade when seat-of-the-pants management brought reasonable returns from a supported market . |