Example sentences of "came [prep] the last [noun] " in BNC.

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1 SAM Torrance finished three shots ahead of his nearest challenger after the third round of the Kronenbourg Open at Salo but came off the last green a disappointed man .
2 His hundred , the ninth in a career which has now entered its 15th year , came off the last ball of the game after his captain , Graham Gooch , had delayed the final formality of a declaration .
3 When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend .
4 The doctor came for the last time and said , ‘ Yes , he 's going now . ’
5 That came with the last lot that I got .
6 The turning point for Hunt came in the last race of the first half of the season when Lauda retired from the French Grand Prix with a rear mechanical fault and Hunt took full advantage by winning .
7 They only came in the last winter of the war , just a few months .
8 The second came in the last minute of normal time and followed an impressive maul , in which Boro drove over the line but could n't get the ball down .
9 One was the absence of faction round an heir to the throne old enough to provide a focal point for political opposition , The only exception came in the last years of James III ; in 1488 , in the second and final crisis of his reign , his opponents could use his fifteen-year-old son , the future James IV , as their figurehead .
10 However , some tail end enterprise came from the last batsman Chris Young ( 32 ) who ended top scorer .
11 This was anticipated that there would be some add-on to the report that came to the last committee .
12 It was this fact which led Lord Lyons to comment that the government did not lead so much as follow when it came to the last stages of the crisis .
13 And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself .
14 A quiver of anguish passed along my spine as I came to the last dish .
15 He walked silently along the thickly carpeted floor until he came to the last cubicle .
16 He three-putted both the fourth and 12th holes , had only two birdies on his card , and came to the last hole needing a four for a 73 for a ten under par total of 278 .
17 And when it came to the last garment , I pulled that off as well , glad as children always are , and I hope always will to be undressed and free , and stood in what Janet calls ‘ birthday clothes ’ .
18 At Doncaster Mr Frisk , who came to the last fence in front in the Hennessy Gold Cup , should gain compensation in the Constant Security Handicap Chase , and Red Ruddel can gain his fourth consecutive victory of the season .
19 The three came to the last fence together , Desert Orchid on the stands side , Toby Tobias on the far rails , Norton 's Coin between them .
20 Her eyes widened as she came to the last paragraph , and she stared at it before abruptly crumpling the paper and stuffing it back into her case .
21 She came to the last button and , plucking up all her courage , slipped the dress off her shoulders and let it drop to the floor .
22 She had n't done that she said since she was my age and came to the last page of Le Rouge et le Noir .
23 The Bush broadside came on the last day of the Republicans ' convention in Houston , Texas .
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