Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a devout Anabaptist and befriended James Burton , who was involved in the Rye House Plot , and gave him sanctuary , but she was betrayed and taken to London , where she was tried and became the last woman to be burnt at the stake at Tyburn on 16th October , 1685 . |
| 2 | Edward and the younger Despenser fled to Wales , perhaps hoping to rally forces and make a last stand in Despenser 's Marcher lordships . |
| 3 | Time to take advantage of any loose word like lucky and make a last effort to change the serious situation building up . |
| 4 | Jed picked up his glass and swirled the last inch of beer around . |
| 5 | so you 'll have to fast forward it and suffer the last hour |
| 6 | Frankie would be set to work at the big sink , and before he washed each plate and roasting-pan he would scrape it clean with his fingers and eat every last scrap of chicken , sage and onion stuffing , corned beef , sliced Spam and cheese . |
| 7 | He hung up and got the last volume of the bigger directory from the rack under the table . |
| 8 | To my surprise , the singer gave me a friendly nod before throwing his head back and tackling the last verses . |
| 9 | If the ISAM method is in use , the effect of adding a new record to a block of records is to cause the block to be re-built , incorporating the new record and pushing the last record of the last block on the track off into overflow . |
| 10 | Roirbak sighed , and dropped the last piece of droid into the plastic sack he was carrying . |
| 11 | Huy looked down at him and fired a last question : ‘ Have you seen Surere ? ’ |
| 12 | I worked it out , from things Barbara Coleman told me , and I hitched a lift in a car going up the valley and walked the last mile or two . |
| 13 | There was no sign of any other cars or tanks or armoured personnel carriers and no indication that the police Stukas were waiting to come in and bomb the last pockets of resistance . |
| 14 | I too had enormous pleasure from Ivy 's book , and loved the last line . |
| 15 | The intimations were unmistakable , and I telephoned Jackie to come and administer the last rites ( so to speak ) . |
| 16 | He equalised after 67 minutes and hit a last minute winner . |
| 17 | The ship rounded the point and started the last approach to Lisbon , going past the great Tower of Belem and the harbour where a hundred fishing boats made a forest of masts and spars . |
| 18 | It 's as famous and disturbing a last shot as that of All Quiet On The Western Front . |
| 19 | But I 'll go the last step of the way , and ask the last man . ’ |
| 20 | Looking back at that period , the crucial difference in Conservative politicians was between those who thought that the last twenty or thirty years had not been too bad , and who were sceptical that anything better could be achieved , and those who hoped that something better could be won and saw the last quarter of a century as a slow but steady decline . |
| 21 | All who had gone to help the stricken townsfolk mixed with those who had lived through the disaster , and were present to mourn and pay a last tribute to their relatives , friends and neighbours , whose coffins , borne by men of the Fire Service , they now followed . |
| 22 | The Grimsby professional , however , responded to the challenge and took the last frame 100-17 . |
| 23 | They are also useful for reflecting too small a space and exaggerating every last bit of light . |
| 24 | We faced the barrel of a gun and chose the last thing we would do . |
| 25 | Jock shook my hand in passing , and introduced the last performer , Milorad Pavic . |
| 26 | Parliament was given the right to reject the draft budget , and to have the last say on non-compulsory expenditure . |
| 27 | I told me mates it was a sure thing and they emptied their pockets and put every last halfpenny on you and that horse of your'n . |
| 28 | Her mother 's maids would have overheard and repeated every last word through the village before the day 's end . |
| 29 | We let the grating fall back and throw the last branch down into the darkness ; it catches on the branches stuck near the top of the shaft . |
| 30 | It was , it was very nice except that Fred had a piece and left the last couple of slices in the tin on the side and the dog took a shine to it so it was in a tin and then in the dog . |