Example sentences of "and [vb past] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a devout Anabaptist and befriended James Burton , who was involved in the Rye House Plot , and gave him sanctuary , but she was betrayed and taken to London , where she was tried and became the last woman to be burnt at the stake at Tyburn on 16th October , 1685 . |
| 2 | Jed picked up his glass and swirled the last inch of beer around . |
| 3 | He hung up and got the last volume of the bigger directory from the rack under the table . |
| 4 | Roirbak sighed , and dropped the last piece of droid into the plastic sack he was carrying . |
| 5 | Huy looked down at him and fired a last question : ‘ Have you seen Surere ? ’ |
| 6 | I worked it out , from things Barbara Coleman told me , and I hitched a lift in a car going up the valley and walked the last mile or two . |
| 7 | I too had enormous pleasure from Ivy 's book , and loved the last line . |
| 8 | He equalised after 67 minutes and hit a last minute winner . |
| 9 | The ship rounded the point and started the last approach to Lisbon , going past the great Tower of Belem and the harbour where a hundred fishing boats made a forest of masts and spars . |
| 10 | Looking back at that period , the crucial difference in Conservative politicians was between those who thought that the last twenty or thirty years had not been too bad , and who were sceptical that anything better could be achieved , and those who hoped that something better could be won and saw the last quarter of a century as a slow but steady decline . |
| 11 | The Grimsby professional , however , responded to the challenge and took the last frame 100-17 . |
| 12 | We faced the barrel of a gun and chose the last thing we would do . |
| 13 | Jock shook my hand in passing , and introduced the last performer , Milorad Pavic . |
| 14 | I told me mates it was a sure thing and they emptied their pockets and put every last halfpenny on you and that horse of your'n . |
| 15 | It was , it was very nice except that Fred had a piece and left the last couple of slices in the tin on the side and the dog took a shine to it so it was in a tin and then in the dog . |
| 16 | Juliet glanced at the clock , and pushed a last morsel of toast into her mouth . |
| 17 | It suggested that they shared some sort of secret , but of course they did n't , and when he rose and drained the last mouthful of his second cup of coffee before placing the delicate china cup back in its saucer she could only follow his lead , feeling certain that the relaxed mood was broken . |
| 18 | When the record ended he sat up and drained the last drop of his drink , then banged the empty tumbler loudly on the low , glass-topped table beside him . |