Example sentences of "go [prep] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been trying to go for the last half-hour , ’ he whispered , ‘ but you wo n't let go of my neck ! ’ |
| 2 | Indeed , they lost Gooch , Hick — cheaply again — and Stewart before they were in credit ; but with Smith mixing careworn defence and carefree attack , once pulling Su'a for six while on one knee as the Samoan attempted some left-arm spin , and Lamb all bustle and energy , English fears were eased going into the last day . |
| 3 | Tracking the selectorial spoor had left one convinced that , going into the last day of the Five Nations championship , Scotland had ten players still very much in the running . |
| 4 | Going into the last quarter , Rebels held a slender one-goal lead , but they took hold of the game completely . |
| 5 | He was never the same player again , still in with a chance going into the last round but then fading away with a 75 . |
| 6 | We led by two shots going into the last round , and when it blew on the last day , I did n't think anybody could beat Trevino . |
| 7 | In the Masters he blew his chances by pushing an over-clubbed second shot into the crowd to take a bogey-five on the last hole and lose by a stroke to Jack Nicklaus after leading going into the last round . |
| 8 | The only thing that kept me going on the last lap of the journey was the rhythm of my steps . |
| 9 | Always lying handy as Coco Dancer led for most of the trip , Limeridge took up the running from Coco Dancer going to the last fence and at this stage was hotly pursued by the favourite Canute Express . |
| 10 | And on this sir I , the way the discussion 's been going over the last couple of days , erm I would like to point you at the experience of the Nottinghamshire structure plan which I 've got direct personal experience , where there the panel was persuaded to commend locations that is n't right for structure plan but was a felt able to erm name a district or district council in whose area such a strategic site might be located . |
| 11 | Perversely , I enjoyed going beyond the last putt , and watching Augusta 's chairman , embodiment of America 's ‘ Establishment , ’ claim his share of world television with a speech of mind-bending banality . |
| 12 | We still have a six-point buffer but I expect us to have to go to the last day of the season . ’ |
| 13 | But a fine run of only one defeat in the last eight matches has propelled them back into contention in a duel that looks set to go to the last game . |
| 14 | Carry on like this throughout the row until only one is left , which goes on the last needle , overlapping the one already on it . |
| 15 | And we hit the bar as well , so it goes to the ninetieth minute does n't it , that 's what it is , a fifteen round fight goes to the last second does n't it as some boxers have found out . |
| 16 | Finally , on Saturday 23 June , the Wordsworths left Alfoxden , and went for the last time down the wooded lane through the deer park , past the beech trees and hollies where , on a day in March , they had sheltered from a hail storm , past Christopher Tricky 's hovel near the dog pound , and past the ‘ loud Waterfall ’ , whose sound would always echo in their memories . |
| 17 | I went for the last fitting of my dress . |
| 18 | Go for the last couple of lines whate whatever stage you 're at . |
| 19 | The war came nearer and my family went with the last train out of Maymyo , with hundreds of Anglo-Burman mothers and children proceeding northwards to Shwebo or Myitkyina for air evacuation to Assam . |
| 20 | At the beginning of December 1939 , Fred Dunstan was one of the adults who went with the last group of children from the transit camp to ‘ Bydown ’ , not far from Barnstaple in North Devon . |
| 21 | It was particularly frustrating for Bob Bridges who went into the last match on level points with Jones and caught over 40 fish — but still failed to weigh-in . |
| 22 | I used to suffer from spots , but they seem to have gone in the last year or two , I 'm thankful to say . |
| 23 | Miss Merchiston went to the last door , thumped twice on it with her clenched fist as if by such violence she announced her coming , and threw it wide so that it bounced off the wall with a crash . |
| 24 | On the Sunday morning I went to the last service to be held at the City Temple . |
| 25 | One time we went to The Last Resort in Fulham Road . |
| 26 | I think , I think , I think on the er planning report when we went to the last planning committee when the refusal was made highways said the access was okay . |
| 27 | Well I went to the last week and I did say that I 'd like to go to that one , I 'll go to as many as I can |
| 28 | He added : ‘ Tours should never go beyond the last Test . |
| 29 | Yeah , I mean what was nice in , in a way was that er I could n't go to the last meeting I was n't well , I had a cold er , what was nice in a way was that David who 's the general manager and the general manager from Pitlochry had come in , I mean in a way it was a classic case |
| 30 | Miracle Squares I think there 's a lot of thought gone into it you know , it ca n't be easy to re er to , to just dream up a game erm , I like the one about you go to the last supper and the waiter spills soup on your trousers , the waiter , ha tell you else about the Marx brothers an'all , the waiter is er the king of Snowdonia and it 's Groucho Marx , the , they 've got this massive hall , and er these big steps leading down into it you know and as , as they 're coming in there 's somebody at the top and Ann says who 's , who 's walking in and they walk down the stairs you know and Mr and Mrs and the king has you know and he says oh the king Snowdonia is about to arrive , he should be here any minute now , he should be here dead on this time you know , he gets these big fanfare trumpets up da , da , da , da , the king of Snowdonia , and there 's nothing and all of a sudden it flashes to Groucho Marx and then he 's in bed with |