Example sentences of "[vb past] for the last time " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the door , she stopped for the last time . |
| 2 | Tess generously tried for the last time to interest Angel in the other dairymaids . |
| 3 | The route became circular in 1906 , going to Bolton Abbey and back , and in 1915 it changed for the last time . |
| 4 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 5 | The doctor came for the last time and said , ‘ Yes , he 's going now . ’ |
| 6 | I called for the last time at the first house in the village and pressed the buzzer , but on getting no reply resigned myself to the long walk down the mountain . |
| 7 | Finally , on Saturday 23 June , the Wordsworths left Alfoxden , and went for the last time down the wooded lane through the deer park , past the beech trees and hollies where , on a day in March , they had sheltered from a hail storm , past Christopher Tricky 's hovel near the dog pound , and past the ‘ loud Waterfall ’ , whose sound would always echo in their memories . |
| 8 | And Nicholas looked , and saw for the last time the face of Katelina van Borselen , into which Abul Ismail read contentment . |
| 9 | Wood circled for the last time , as Gillroy and Davies went aft to strap themselves in . |
| 10 | Throwing back his head , he looked for the last time at the cloud-torn sky , and begged the Lord to watch over them and keep them safe ; and then he was gone , and all that remained was the surging waves and the cold , white crests of foam . |
| 11 | She looked for the last time . |
| 12 | Mr Speaker Weatherill , who opened the exhibition , appeared for the last time before retirement in the distinctive tail-coat , knee-breeches and white bands of his office . |
| 13 | As it dropped like a stone from 6,500ft , Captain Fuchs spoke for the last time . |
| 14 | Yesterday he smiled for the last time and said he did not wish to obstruct the work of Prime Minister Hans Modrow — who now constitutes , with a small group of associates from Dresden , the only remaining acceptable face of reform within the East German Communist Party . |
| 15 | ‘ Good boy , ’ the Italian said for the last time , thickly , breathless . |
| 16 | After re-packing her case , she fervently hoped for the last time , she had a wash , and because it looked sunny and warm outside dressed in a skimpy vest with a blouse over the top , and a rather strange Fifties-style skirt covered in poppies . |
| 17 | A YOUNGER set of judges would provide a better image to the public : so says Mr Harold Hewitt , who last weekend sat for the last time , retiring for the second time at the age of 75 . |
| 18 | When , late that night , they parted for the last time , Baldwin 's words were a little rehearsed , but there nonetheless appears to have been genuine emotion on both sides . |