Example sentences of "get [prep] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were singing There was a Princess Long Ago and had just got to the last verse , ‘ Now everybody 's happy now ’ , when the headmistress came in and said the King had died . |
| 2 | Typically , the incorrigible William gets in the last word . |
| 3 | Typically , the incorrigible William gets in the last word . |
| 4 | Figure 15–8 shows the marginal benefit MB that your neighbour gets from the last inch of tree size and the marginal cost MC to you of that last inch of tree size . |
| 5 | they tend to drift away when they get to the last year anyway , you know ? |
| 6 | ‘ I find by the time I get to the last houses on Christmas Eve , rum custard has congealed into a nasty skin , ’ he said . |
| 7 | When it gets to the last line the beam shoots back to the top . |
| 8 | ‘ To invade those poor people in Poland when they 're only just getting over the last war . ’ |
| 9 | We did all right until we got to the last bit and I got my foot caught in Otley 's pocket when he tried to bend down , he fell and flung me over his head knocking my wig skew-whiff . |
| 10 | I agree with everything you 've said until you got to the last bit . |
| 11 | By the time I got to the last rocker I had been out of the garage , round the block three times , back up the drive and home in time for teal Is there any way I can turn the engine over without moving the vehicle ? |
| 12 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |
| 13 | ‘ Sixty-four thousand people applied to get on the last series and most of the letters were written in crayon because they 're not allowed to use sharp instruments . |