Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] [art] last " in BNC.

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1 She skittled at the last .
2 She clung to the last vestiges of reality .
3 but , erm , she was hoping to come to the meeting this evening , but she phoned at the last minute and said she could n't make it , but erm , I do n't know if it would be more appropriate perhaps for the schools groups to get in touch with her and I
4 At the door , she stopped for the last time .
5 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 .
6 And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself .
7 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 .
8 At last , dripping wet , with water sparkling like jewels on her cheeks and forehead , and rivulets running from her hair , she stepped from the last stone on to the bank .
9 She popped in the last piece of meat and biscuit , and chewed it fiercely .
10 She died in the last week of April 1236 .
11 Goodbye Aunt Ber — ’ She bit off the last word and replaced the receiver , but it was too late .
12 She looked for the last time .
13 She went for a last walk with him — and they never returned .
14 For a brief moment , as she battled with the last remaining shreds of her resistance , Lindsey could feel the thud of his heartbeat , then excitement exploded , heady and intoxicating , as her hands relaxed against the warmth of his chest .
15 She waited until the last possible moment before pivoting round to challenge the approaching figure .
16 She had to the last a youthful enthusiasm , an erect carriage , and a firm step .
17 She was living with her boyfriend as she had for the last eight years and the hospital team were quite happy to talk to him about the proposed care plan for her .
18 It was an act of needlessly gratuitous violence and one which ensured for good and all , that Meryl Streep would be declining to take the female lead in the film version of this one , just like she had with the last two .
19 She ran through the last few streets and saw with relief the familiar tall building rising against the night sky .
20 ‘ You have done well , Wilson , ’ she said on the last day in Siena .
21 She drained off the last of her tepid coffee .
22 ‘ It 's now a tradition that she comes for the last week of the campaign , ’ he says .
23 ‘ Well , Jack Lawrence , you old romantic ! ’ she teased with the last remnant of her sense of humour , and he smiled a slow , lazy smile .
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