Example sentences of "it [vb past] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It became a last stand , all very dramatic .
2 It became the last stop for taking on provisions for the large convoys of merchant and naval ships crossing the Atlantic .
3 Thus was opened the Grand Union , aptly named , for it forged the last link of the ambitious grand design to connect the East Midlands coalfields to London , a total distance of 168 miles .
4 It proved the last straw for John Titford ; ill enough , no doubt , without the need to struggle against a winter to end all winters , his weary body gave up the ghost .
5 It won the last election by default .
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