Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , the use of purveyance began to attract criticism in the last fifteen years of the reign . |
| 2 | The besieged President refused to concede defeat on the last day of his campaign yesterday . |
| 3 | Over such key issues as the European Common Market he had followed a prudent , unadventurous course , only moving to endorse membership at the last moment when political circumstances seemed so to dictate . |
| 4 | Indeed , in the eight events since his last victory in which he has finished third equal or better , he has never once failed to beat par in the last round . |
| 5 | Jeff Jaye with ‘ I know it 's difficult to get the wood , Mr Noah , but can you imagine the cost of a rotomoulded Ark ? ’ and Simon Dawson with ‘ Shaun Baker comes out of retirement to offer advice on the last great waterfall . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Or else the server would have to add poison at the last moment — surely very risky . |
| 7 | This process was to gain momentum in the last three decades of the nineteenth century , reaching a peak in the years before the First World War . |
| 8 | Lee Don Lau is the fourth Oxford student to commit suicide in the last year . |