Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the dress ordered , church and reception booked , invitations sent and wedding lists prepared probably the last thing on your mind is YOU ! |
| 2 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
| 3 | Turned out the last time the staff had seen him he was a student here and he 'd made such an arsehole of himself they 'd sworn they 'd never let him back in ! |
| 4 | The English pundit , John Reason , hardly gives the impression that endearing himself to Scots is high among his priorities , but many surely enjoyed his observation that , by the time Dume had peeled away the last player obscuring his verdict , Turnbull must have felt he had been down there longer than Tutankhamen . |
| 5 | The Egyptians , who conquered western Asia in the fifteenth century BC , hunted there , having recently wiped out the last elephants in their own lands . |
| 6 | ‘ And now , ’ he said , having mopped up the last crumb , ‘ now , what is it I can do for you ? |
| 7 | Wickham bounded up the last flight , shirt-sleeved , jacket in hand . |
| 8 | It has swept away the last remnants of the Stasi system , but in the process dirtied millions of Germans and the feelings their fellows have for them . |
| 9 | In the unpublished ‘ Epilogue ’ to that work , we learn that Shadowfax will be saved too , to be taken on the last ship from the Havens to Aman , simply because Gandalf could not bear the parting . |
| 10 | The Conservative party has never been the party of law and order , and during this Parliament it has thrown away the last vestiges of any claim to such a title . |
| 11 | I was annoyed when came back the last time and I thought oh my goodness I hope I have n't given that woman any annoyance . |