Example sentences of "with his last [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | God in the middle contending for the world , a man on his left choosing to side with the Evil One till the last , and on the right a thief who with his last gasp offered his broken solidarity back to God for healing and restoration . |
2 | When all the time I had actually been with him I had always realized he was the type to make a pass at the nearest girl with his last gasp , and I had just happened to be that girl . |
3 | There were a number of clues available to Robson : if West had still held the guarded queen of clubs he would almost certainly have kept and exited with his last spade ; if he had held both the king and queen of clubs he would have been equally likely to win the first club with the queen ; and , from what had happened so far , it looked as though West had started with more clubs than his partner . |
4 | The Scot picked up a double on the sixth end despite failing with a great chance to add a third with his last bowl , drew a match-saving shot on the next end and then produced the shot of the match . |
5 | The Scot picked up a double on the sixth end despite failing with a great chance to add a third with his last bowl , drew a match-saving shot on the next end and then produced the shot of the match . |
6 | With two matches remaining , any of East Anglia 's three leading counties could have taken the trophy , but Clark 's nerve held out as he stepped up to the mat with his last wood . |
7 | He stepped up with his last wood with Reading holding shot . |
8 | After that David Soul went on the wagon and , according to his friend and publicist Robert Palmer , ‘ The erratic behaviour that led to the difficulties he had with his last wife is long gone . |
9 | Indeed , the formula for the majority of comedy on television remains as it was before a ragged man struggled along the seashore , collapsed and panted seemingly with his last breath : ‘ It 's … ’ |
10 | The sea crashing on to the rocks by the Giant 's Causeway is the only similarity for Steve Parcell with his last parish , Bournemouth . |
11 | I was working in Australia , and he flew out with his last penny , and without telling me he was coming , to pop the question . |
12 | He glared at her over his beer , daring her to agree with his last assertion . |
13 | He made no comment and , having got away with his last remark , Mitch left too . |
14 | He had been twenty-one when he died of leukaemia , and I had had to help with his last offices and was then sent to escort his body to the mortuary . |
15 | But he kept his composure in front of 2,000 excited Chinese fans and delighted a TV audience of more than 100 million with his last frame victory . |
16 | With his last ounce of strength he tried to stretch a hand to his fiddle , but it was already burning fiercely . |
17 | Whitton was the hero in the 67th minute , spectacularly clearing a Wirmola header from under his own bar , and capped an impressive display with his last ditch equaliser . |