Example sentences of "it [vb past] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became the last stop for taking on provisions for the large convoys of merchant and naval ships crossing the Atlantic . |
| 2 | Thus was opened the Grand Union , aptly named , for it forged the last link of the ambitious grand design to connect the East Midlands coalfields to London , a total distance of 168 miles . |
| 3 | The party has been placed in the impossible position of choosing a leader to fight the next election when it has not yet had the opportunity to discuss why it lost the last one . |
| 4 | Getting through it took the last of his energy . |
| 5 | It proved the last straw for John Titford ; ill enough , no doubt , without the need to struggle against a winter to end all winters , his weary body gave up the ghost . |
| 6 | It won the last election by default . |
| 7 | If a holder , nonetheless , transfers his private key , the carrier will be responsible only to the party to whom it issued the last valid private key . |