Example sentences of "then [prep] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The feudal levy now fell into disuse : it was summoned in 1327 , and then for the last time , and probably for financial reasons , in 1385 . |
2 | She smiled at her stepchild and then for the last time dug her long finger sharply in Artemis 's shoulder , but Artemis did n't flinch . |
3 | Doyle checked the road again , then with a last glance at the vanishing cyclist , prepared to settle back behind his hedge . |
4 | Then in the last paragraph they express the view that the academic ability of this particular child , not being one of the criteria for admission was not directly in point . |
5 | And then in the last sort of seven to eight years , it starts to decline quite rapidly because you 're actually paying off the capital at that stage , and th that 's where I may meet somebody at say fifteen years , they thought their mortgage would run to age sixty five and they actually retire at sixty , they 've got five years left and they 're about there . |
6 | Then on the last night I made my big mistake , and hit that bad business I told you about . |
7 | ‘ We talked about it , but then at the last minute we thought of the Bahamas . |
8 | She held the letter over the basket , ready to consign it to being thrown away , and then at the last minute snatched it back and put in in her desk . |
9 | Then at the last minute she swung round , her heart bursting inside her , just in time to see him disappear through the terrace doors . |
10 | But then at the last moment I drifted wide . |
11 | They had both planned to stop on in the Sixth , then at the last moment , half way through the summer holidays in fact , Sheila had announced she was getting a job . |
12 | Then at the last moment he 'd pressed the small jeweller 's box into her hand . |