Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [was/were] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Shirley Christian 's relatively cosy interview with North for the New York Times on December 1st — an interview that gained in suspiciousness and oddity because it was the last North gave for two years — plunged suddenly into an action-man world . |
| 2 | The aluminium sulphate was added to the ‘ contact tank ’ , a bad place because it was the last stage in the treatment process before the water left for the town . |
| 3 | In legend , it lost its tail because it was the last animal to board the ark . |
| 4 | He remembered the time because it was the last fare he carried before taking a tea-break . |
| 5 | I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’ |
| 6 | Maybe it was because it was the last school day of the week ; maybe it was because the house was especially tidy that day ; maybe it was because I was in the wrong house , at the wrong time , in the wrong Galaxy . |
| 7 | Because it was the last one left and we did n't want to get another bearded collie because it would when our old bearded collie eventually goes we did n't want it to remind us too much so we said we 'd go completely different . |
| 8 | No , again it 's not quite Times , which is the pity , because it was the last repository of hand-set monotype , I mean individually cast monotype display headlines erm and Fi ligatures . |