Example sentences of "be [verb] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this excluded option is allowed back into the debate , and the claim that our existing intuitions should not be given the last word is seriously considered , the authority of the case for individualism is immediately questioned . |
| 2 | MALCOLM ALLISON 'S return to English football with penniless Bristol Rovers could hardly be termed a last ride on the gravy train . |
| 3 | The sitting-room , then ; he would be having a last brandy in the sitting-room … |
| 4 | Must be entering the last lap . ’ |
| 5 | R. M. Harmer , author of the Corporation section of the first edition of this book , placed himself in such a position as to be issued the last ticket ( for a 6 pence fare ) . |
| 6 | Today 's obsession with preventing another round of hostile takeovers is like the habit of generals always to be fighting the last war . |
| 7 | At this late stage , with the time before 1 January as easy to count in days as in weeks , businesses should now be obtaining the last elements of these details . |
| 8 | Then he had to remember that even after the rounds had been allocated and the stetches accounted for , he still had to include the acre or so of headland , the land on the outside of the field where the ploughs turned , which had to be ploughed the last of all . ’ |