Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freud moved from Vienna in 1938 , when the Nazis took over , and lived for the last year of his life in London . |
| 2 | But within a few weeks of William 's appointment she had applied to three different London boroughs for a job — any job — in social work , taken the first one she 'd been offered , fixed up the flat , put the cottage on the market , found a school for Edwin , and fled from the last five years of her life with almost indecent haste . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This part of the country is extraordinarily rich in small sects that grew up and flourished in the last two or three centuries . |
| 6 | Setting the briefcase back down , she dug the notes out of the pocket and turned to the last page , smiling rather nastily . |
| 7 | After assurances from US officials that the USA would continue to monitor the peace process , the FMLN demobilized its last contingent of around 2,000 combatants and turned in the last of its weapons ( including 55 surface-to-air missiles ) to the UN on Dec. 14 . |
| 8 | The crowd and television fans will be thirsting for Eubank to be more positive than against Tony Thornton two months ago , when he simply shouldered arms and retreated during the last two rounds before nicking the points decision . |
| 9 | These issues have been well raised and aired over the last few months I would like to now raise another issue that I do n't think has been publicized enough that is the issue of under-provision in old age . |
| 10 | Sister was then transferred to Wythenshawe , and worked for the last 13 years on the chaplaincy team of Wythenshawe Hospital . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And Nicholas looked , and saw for the last time the face of Katelina van Borselen , into which Abul Ismail read contentment . |