Example sentences of "[adv prt] the last [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the unpublished ‘ Epilogue ’ to that work , we learn that Shadowfax will be saved too , to be taken on the last ship from the Havens to Aman , simply because Gandalf could not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 . |
| 2 | We have even seen lecturers complete their lectures and leave the room while the students have had to sit for another few minutes taking down the last load from the blackboard ! |
| 3 | He impulsively ran down the last flight of stairs . |
| 4 | Work your way to the end of the plot — top spit into the bottom , bottom to the top — filling in the last trench with the barrowed soil . |
| 5 | First came the preliminary soundings ( the trabajos ) and the winning over of officers and sergeants by a small activist group in touch with civilian conspirators ; then the compromisos by which accomplices were bound to action ; finally the chosen leaders set off the last stage by the cry — the grito . |
| 6 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 7 | Open up the last bit of paper and all will be revealed . |
| 8 | Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them . |
| 9 | She heard him catch at air , and cough up the last slime of the river . |
| 10 | The small group struggled up the last piece of the embankment , Teversham necessarily in the rear and Francis Morgan stumbled almost on to McLeish 's feet . |
| 11 | The combination roared along Castle Walk , echoing into the empty courtyard of the Berkeley Hunt kennels as it careered up the last hill into the tiny village . |
| 12 | That was how close it was , and as Emerson once said to me , he learned that weekend , sweating out the last half-hour before the start , that when you 're running for the championship , you simply ca n't give anything away : give Stewart an inch and he would have taken a yard . |
| 13 | Considering Renault 's pioneering work in turbocharging for both road and track , it comes as little surprise that the power delivery is so smooth and strong though even Renault engineers have been unable to iron out the last fraction of a second of lag between the throttle being floored and the turbo-pressure rising . |
| 14 | As the sun bakes out the last moisture from the mud , the mucus turns to parchment . |
| 15 | To Nell , it looked as though she would never find out the last mystery of Titron . |
| 16 | The eternal westerly swell rolled lazily across our wake and wiped out the last trace of our intrusion . |
| 17 | If you can get hold of a copy of the record , check out the last section of the song and see how the whole sequence is moved up a fourth , becoming A7 , D7 , G7 and C7 , into the fade of A7 and D7 . |