Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] 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 | It seemed to represent the last word as a model for other cities to follow . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He decided to spend the last hour at the local pub . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The regulars and the heavy mob from Fleet Street arrived and we just managed to catch the last train to Cambridge . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument . |
| 9 | On the completion of the circle , Moran again had to recite the Last Decade . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Flockmasters had to forget the last decade when seat-of-the-pants management brought reasonable returns from a supported market . |
| 13 | I do remember we 'd already put his full name on the car and had to remove the last part of it . ’ |
| 14 | Janet added : ‘ My husband had a wicked sense of humour and had to have the last laugh in life and death . |
| 15 | Hence the value of meals sacrificed to make the last film is also the marginal utility of the last meal times the number of meals sacrificed . |
| 16 | And equilibrium in the film industry , by equating the marginal utility of films to the marginal utility of the meals sacrificed to make the last film , guarantees that society 's resources are allocated efficiently . |
| 17 | I felt that he thought I wanted to run the last leg for the glory . |
| 18 | And it may have been pertinent that in the major games ( and Bay of Plenty and Manawatu might rank only slightly below the status ) the home sides tended to dominate the last quarter of each game . |