Example sentences of "come [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lacked the confidence that has come in the last three or four years to make decisions and stick to them . |
| 2 | ‘ What 's the point ? ’ said the landlord , who for some reason had come in the last few weeks to regard the Mrs Machins as in an obscure way a rival show to himself . |
| 3 | It was a good ten minutes later when they seemed to come to the last of The Courts , for the houses dropped down to two-storey , then one-storey ; and then they were confronted by an iron open-work gate set in a brick wall all of seven feet high . |
| 4 | I mean if I 'd have if I 'd have , if I had come to the last one |
| 5 | Oh , just one little notice I do have that erm several of us are going on Thursday to the , on the trip to Docklands by the erm erm Rotary Club of Sawbridgeworth erm I 'm told that there are still one or two odd seats if anybody wants to come at the last minute er , he does n't anticipate he 's going to erm fill them so even if , late Wednesday night you suddenly find you are available , by all means , contact and I 'm sure it can be arranged . |
| 6 | His hundred , the ninth in a career which has now entered its 15th year , came off the last ball of the game after his captain , Graham Gooch , had delayed the final formality of a declaration . |
| 7 | When Tony came off the last , after holing his putt for yet another three , Jack Nicklaus was sitting on a tee-box waiting to start his last round . |
| 8 | SAM Torrance finished three shots ahead of his nearest challenger after the third round of the Kronenbourg Open at Salo but came off the last green a disappointed man . |
| 9 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 10 | The doctor came for the last time and said , ‘ Yes , he 's going now . ’ |
| 11 | That came with the last lot that I got . |
| 12 | One was the absence of faction round an heir to the throne old enough to provide a focal point for political opposition , The only exception came in the last years of James III ; in 1488 , in the second and final crisis of his reign , his opponents could use his fifteen-year-old son , the future James IV , as their figurehead . |
| 13 | Two of the goals came in the last two minutes . |
| 14 | The turning point for Hunt came in the last race of the first half of the season when Lauda retired from the French Grand Prix with a rear mechanical fault and Hunt took full advantage by winning . |
| 15 | They only came in the last winter of the war , just a few months . |
| 16 | this match will go down in the records as a runaway victory for United but all the goals came in the last ten minutes … |
| 17 | The second came in the last minute of normal time and followed an impressive maul , in which Boro drove over the line but could n't get the ball down . |
| 18 | And a grievous weeping came from the last of the three reeds . |
| 19 | However , some tail end enterprise came from the last batsman Chris Young ( 32 ) who ended top scorer . |
| 20 | At Doncaster Mr Frisk , who came to the last fence in front in the Hennessy Gold Cup , should gain compensation in the Constant Security Handicap Chase , and Red Ruddel can gain his fourth consecutive victory of the season . |
| 21 | And when it came to the last garment , I pulled that off as well , glad as children always are , and I hope always will to be undressed and free , and stood in what Janet calls ‘ birthday clothes ’ . |
| 22 | The three came to the last fence together , Desert Orchid on the stands side , Toby Tobias on the far rails , Norton 's Coin between them . |
| 23 | It was this fact which led Lord Lyons to comment that the government did not lead so much as follow when it came to the last stages of the crisis . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He walked silently along the thickly carpeted floor until he came to the last cubicle . |
| 27 | When I came to the last two years of school , I wanted to specialize in mathematics and physics . |
| 28 | A quiver of anguish passed along my spine as I came to the last dish . |
| 29 | And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself . |
| 30 | This was anticipated that there would be some add-on to the report that came to the last committee . |