Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he ought to remember those days and get around to living up to the promise he made to the last Tory conference . |
| 2 | He lived in the last tomb , a bare chamber with a mat , a kettle , a kerosene stove and a radio which did n't work . |
| 3 | The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune . |
| 4 | Just as he got to the last one I said , by the way , I had one of those . |
| 5 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |
| 6 | He was a champion of 19th century book illustration , which he regarded as the last relatively unexplored corner of the English artistic tradition . |
| 7 | He writes in the last paragraph , ‘ It should be borne in mind that for the creation of a climatic regime managed by man , further progress of science and engineering is necessary which would permit a considerable increase in the present production of energy . |
| 8 | Alexander ‘ Greek ’ Thomson has an international reputation for the buildings he designed during the last century . |
| 9 | He says over the last five years it 's got far more popular … it 's a sport which is developing … it 's just opening up as a competitve sport … |
| 10 | He says over the last few years there 've been a number of applications by local people who live and work in the area and want to stay here and they 've been refused permission to build on their own land for single dwellings and we think it would be terribly unfair if Redlands could come in and build a whole new estate , doubling the size of the village . |
| 11 | Steve has got one that he played at the last S L Os meeting , it lasts about four minutes it 's as long as the song he ai n't heavy he 's my brother . |
| 12 | He walked silently along the thickly carpeted floor until he came to the last cubicle . |
| 13 | This last point is certainly not irrelevant , since the commemorative scroll sent to me from the Palace names Leslie as of the Parachute Regiment ; and under this unit did he appear for the last time in the Army List . |
| 14 | He turned to the last report made by the investigating officer before the file was consigned to Records . |
| 15 | Wordsworth felt that he wanted to return to England , settle down , and never go abroad again ; as he stated in the last of the ‘ Lucy ’ poems , written two years later : |
| 16 | Sean Yates produced one of Britain 's best results with 13th place , after he cramped in the last 200 yards when sprinting for third place . |
| 17 | He sounds like the last playboy of the western world , who might have been born in London or New York but fell overboard from a boat between the two . |
| 18 | But he was tt er a twist hand in the hosiery trade , making socks , and he worked in the last mobile , not mobile , er mechanical stocking manufacturers , owned by my uncle , Mr Frank , in Street and th what we used to called Street . |
| 19 | He was supposed to deliver a bull to the district officer , it was about three weeks ago , and he decided at the last moment to replace the bull with another one . |
| 20 | He thought of the last time he 'd seen Dad . |
| 21 | Willie Thorne made light work of the promising Nottinghamshire youngster , Anthony Hamilton , as he eased into the last 16 . |
| 22 | Although conceivably not before 994 , this was probably earlier , for the greatest possible length of time that could have elapsed between 994 and Æthelric 's death is five years — assuming that he died in the last year that the will could have been confirmed — and whether even this justifies the description " many years " seems questionable . |
| 23 | He looked at the last name on the list . |
| 24 | He looked for a last time at Lucille . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | What had he meant about the last couple of lines of her notes ? |
| 28 | The feeling was that Richards should have declared before he did as the last hour 's batting produced few runs , but when England set about playing out time , Larkins , having gone first ball in the first innings , lasted only one more this time . |
| 29 | An example of such a clause is one which says the employee is not to canvass or solicit during a period of five years from the date of the determination of this agreement for whatever reason any person , company or firm who were customers of the employer with whom he dealt during the last three years of his employment . |
| 30 | For some reason , no one knew why , he had for the last four months taken to sleeping in the south porch . |