Example sentences of "in his last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not he could hear much of what she said , she did not know , but her heart was saddened that he should be here alone in his last hours . |
| 2 | Ceauşescu was not after all Pol Pot , though in his last hours on earth perhaps he wished that he had been . |
| 3 | When Monmouth was executed , Ken was sent for to attend him in his last hours . |
| 4 | Although he gradually lost his sight in his last decade , Ridolfi continued to write . |
| 5 | There was a puzzle about how this bleak , broad-browed carved head had come into existence , since there also existed a photograph of the poet in his last sleep , still patriarchally bearded . |
| 6 | Hall was in tremendous form in his last outing when defeating Michael Nutt 21–7 . |
| 7 | In the summer of 1925 he took part in his last athletics meeting in Scotland , winning the Scottish Amateur Athletics Association titles in the 100 , 220 , and 440 yards , before leaving to take up an appointment as a missionary teacher at the Anglo-Chinese College in Tientsin . |
| 8 | ‘ In his last will and testament , the celebrated philosopher , author of Pythagorean Mysticism and the Ninfanian School , left his entire estate , the noble house at Punta del Giorno , the farms and their sheep folds in the hills at Crotone , Metaponto and Matera , the vineyards that fringe the banks of the Sauro gorge , to none other than himself , when he should return in his next incarnation to take up residence on his territories again . |
| 9 | In his last novel , a mother offers this advice to her son : ‘ Money . |
| 10 | It is quite often the case that a speaker will treat what he was talking about in his last contribution as the most salient elements and what the other speaker talked about , though more recent , as less salient . |
| 11 | In his last memoirs , written in his second exile , he wrote that before 1953 , " I had been no more than a hereditary sovereign , but now I had truly been elected by the people . |
| 12 | In his last memoirs , completed just before he died in exile , the Shah described King Hassan II as " a sovereign with a rate intellectual elegance … a perfect incarnation of two cultures , the Koramic and the European . |
| 13 | In his last weekend racing before defending his British Milk Race title which starts on Sunday next , Conor Henry was 9th in the 180 kms Paris-Chauny and 10th in the 160 kms Paris-Fontenay . |
| 14 | In his last year at Devonport High School in Plymouth he set himself the aim of finding a job which would earn him £5 a week , because up to that time , his father , a Westcountryman , had never achieved such a princely sum . |
| 15 | In his last year as President , Woodward is desperately keen to give Essex their first senior national title and has taken up the role of joint-manager to that end . |
| 16 | Neil Dryer , who is in his last year of an HND catering course , has been overseeing the entertainments side . |
| 17 | In May 1960 more talks began at leaders ' levels in Paris , with Eisenhower anxious to play the role of peacemaker in his last year in office , but the conference collapsed when a US spy aircraft was shot down over the USSR . |
| 18 | Hunt remained at Camberwell until July 1947 and in his last year did an illustration course under Minton , developing a Mintonesque style . |
| 19 | If he earned , £12,000 in his last year , he would receive £8,000 from TOPS . |
| 20 | In his last year at Marlborough Sorley won the senior Farrar prize for English literature and language , the Buchanan prize for public reading , and a scholarship to University College , Oxford . |
| 21 | Osvaldo , said Martinho , had only really bloomed in his last year at the seminary and — truly — in Africa . |
| 22 | David estimates that in his last year of life medical bills will be more than fgifteen thousand pounds . |
| 23 | STOREHOUSE chief executive David Dworkin was paid a huge £3.3m in his last year with the BhS and Mothercare group , according to the annual report published yesterday . |
| 24 | The apprentices er did n't start before six o'clock in the morning of course they could n't start apprentice before six o'clock in the morning until he was maybe in his last year then it would be either one o'clock or two o'clock in the morning . |
| 25 | In his last Test at Sydney in 1984–5 , having wrapped up the series with three victories in the first three games and not having lost for 27 Tests since 1981–2 , his team suddenly collapsed to an innings defeat , the architects of which were Bob Holland and Murray Bennett — spinners both . |
| 26 | What is the highest score to be made by a captain in his last Test as captain ? |
| 27 | The Heathfield trainer commented : ‘ Breakfast Car bashed a leg in his last race and got a bit of heat in it , so we turned him away for the rest of last season . |
| 28 | Peter Bradshaw and Rod Payne , keen on building up London Marathon mileage , completed the 21-mile course in 2 hrs. 47 and 2–38 respectively , while in the shorter distance race Alan Davidson , in his last race before the Paris Marathon , finished in 1 hr. 43 mins. 30 , followed by Dave Jones ( 1-44-30 ) and Graham Ward , also London Marathon bound , ( 2–34 ) . |
| 29 | Masnun was out of sight from a poor draw in his last race at Kempton , but ran much better in the Stewards ' Cup here and he 's well in today on his best form . |
| 30 | MOTORBIKE champ Craig Mason died in his last race before quitting the sport . |