Example sentences of "they [vb past] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five thousand of them covered the last mile of the march through the Berkshire fields in silence , despite the coldest and wettest Easter for forty years . |
| 2 | Their cattle are finished : they made the last batch of bread with oxblood to save what 's left of the water , and they drink that mixed with wine , of which there is n't all that much , either . |
| 3 | As they entered the last fortnight of the share sale there was still a shade under half the £6.5 million to be raised . |
| 4 | ‘ They received the last rites and a blessing ? ’ |
| 5 | They could n't see the shepherd until they crossed the last rise but they could hear the sheepbells on the clear air . |
| 6 | A frequent fault is to read out passages from textbooks as though they represented the last word on the law . |
| 7 | Those last would not be required again until they reached the last mile of the return trip . |
| 8 | But who would think of refusing Lucy 's invitations , providing as they did the last vestige of a social occasion within the enclave ? |
| 9 | They bought the last chips that were available in Phyl 's Phries and at one o'clock they drifted apart , not satisfied with their night out . |
| 10 | And you do n't fall asleep , as you are inclined to do if you try to be an absorbent sponge , soaking in what the authors say as if they had the last word . |
| 11 | As they rounded the last corner the leaders had the main field breathing down their necks . |
| 12 | ‘ Railways still in a mess after the air raids — they were so delayed they missed the last ferry connection . |