Example sentences of "last [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small shop inside the last cottage stood at the corner . |
| 2 | This last noise occasioned by a solid pellet of his spittle hitting a brass spittoon . ) |
| 3 | But in 1877 , the last text overseen by the novelist , ‘ as if spoken to himself ’ becomes ‘ as if meant for himself ’ , shifting and refining nuance while involving the change of a single word in Russian , and enabling the artist to get at last the effect he had been working towards . |
| 4 | The last sentence refers to an earlier conversation between Green and Hickson in which the latter had claimed that the Cambridgeshire LEA would not be prepared to support the work of the District , whereas the Board had been offered a grant of £100 for 1931–32 and the prospect of increased grant-aid in subsequent years . |
| 5 | The there is in in policy H one as proposed at the moment , a the last sentence refers to the issue of phasing . |
| 6 | The last sentence echoed around the small cell . |
| 7 | The last Scotsman to score against the French giants has warned Hateley to watch out , however , because the knock-out blow can come at any time . |
| 8 | Tomorrow 's meeting is seen as the last opportunity to decide on the bill which would allow redevelopment to commence in 1991 . |
| 9 | We know , too , the frequent result of such crude precautions , the often painful unpleasantness-to use a mild term — which results from putrefaction , and which the undertaker assures the family is ‘ quite inevitable ’ … whereas when the body has been prepared by the Operator it keeps the appearance of life for an indefinite period , and the last look remains as a pleasant remembrance to their friends . |
| 10 | This exciting prospect , a bequest from the late Jim Joel to the Queen Mother , looks set to give his new owner a memorable season following four wins last term culminating in the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival . |
| 11 | The last attempt undertaken by the DHSS concluded as much and observed that the judgement of the ward sister was fundamental in arriving at the appropriate mix of staffing ( 1 ) . |
| 12 | The deeply unpopular Somerset was overthrown in October , and power passed to those who had opposed the war ; his successor , John Dudley , earl of Warwick , was only recognizing the inevitable when he gave up Boulogne at the same time as peace was made with Scotland in March 1550 , when the last stronghold held by the English , Lauder , capitulated . |
| 13 | Or , to put it another way , the first stitch of the pattern ( the one on the left of the mylar sheet ) falls to the right , while the last stitch falls to the left of the N1 cam . |
| 14 | The last light played on the cliff wall of the Jabal Hamrin , but by the time he reached the steep-sloping ground he would be covered by darkness . |
| 15 | Also in March Roh stated that " for the sake of the nation and its political development " he should be " the last president to come from the army " . |
| 16 | If the last chapter dealt with the freedom of form of the trust , this one deals with its freedom from formulae : forms of action were not promulgated in advance , as had been done in the edict of the urban praetor . |
| 17 | Snow had started to block all roads north on the morning we left , and as the last car slithered into the driveway of the cottage , with its white-faced traumatised occupants , Torridon became sealed from the outside world in a spectacular blizzard . |
| 18 | The last type comes under the cal umbrella , but it should be clear which application in the lists below apply to which of the others . |
| 19 | If the last counter-offer came from the buyer , then the seller will signify acceptance ( depending on the type of goods and the nature of the transaction concerned ) when he ei ther appropriates goods to the contract , puts their manufacture in hand , or delivers them to the buyer . |
| 20 | Where the last counter-offer came from the seller , the buyer will accept that offer , and create the contract , when he takes delivery of the goods from the seller , or ( if earlier ) when he pays for them . |
| 21 | His voice had dropped lower and lower , until he was almost whispering , and he let the last question hang in the silence . |
| 22 | Lax strokes against India last winter led to an unexpected blip in his Test fortunes , but then predictability is hardly a word one readily associates with the man whose one-time monicker , ‘ Afghan ’ ( the forgotten Waugh ) , should now be transferred to brother Steve . |
| 23 | Eventually the Committee was to wither on the vine ; its last reference resulting in the Committee 's Eighteenth Report on Conspiracy to Defraud in 1986 . |
| 24 | After spending all last seaon looking for a right back we now sell one ! |
| 25 | Aenarion suffers a mortal wound and as his last act flies to the Blighted Isle and drives the Sword of Khaine back into the altar . |
| 26 | Sorry this really is my last fantasy posting for a while , the R5 FFL gives |
| 27 | I ca n't really go along with these performance figures — not given our last intelligence reports on the MiG projects into the 80's . ’ |
| 28 | My last theme deriving from the research findings relates to the involvement of parents , which was envisaged as a central feature of the Act . |
| 29 | The honour marked the 40th anniversary of the war 's end and it is thought to be the last medal minted under the old Soviet administration . |
| 30 | Though it may be the last right remaining for the terminally ill or the aged , it is remarkably easy to undermine it . |