Example sentences of "the last time he " in BNC.

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1 The last time he was at the Phoenix , in Simon Gray 's The Common Pursuit , John Sessions was lost in a soggy , unsympathetic part , while co-stars like Rik Mayall and Stephen Fry hogged all the limelight ; he seemed a non-entity .
2 That was the last time he 'd seen them .
3 They caught him unprepared , before he could blank out his mind , making him remember the last time he had heard that sort of ringing , last Sunday .
4 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 .
5 Charles sat among Charity 's glossy acquaintances , the only uniform in the whole peculiar set of imbibers , perhaps not so peculiar as the last time he 'd dropped in when the Aleister Crowley entourage gave sinister overtones to the entire pub , the ‘ Black Magician ’ himself in his wide black hat sat surrounded by his followers in equally curious clothes .
6 The last time he was seen alive was at six o'clock in the evening by Mr Ealey .
7 The last time he 'd dived off it , the coral heads had been awash .
8 Of course , Catherine had kept away ; it could be the last time he would see his wife alive .
9 Derek was telling us only the last time he was home all about his Mate up there on the Rigs .
10 He remembered the last time he had been in this situation .
11 Yanto went on to tell Billy about his experience the last time he had used Selwyn 's lavatory .
12 No more than that , for we were all on renewable annual contracts and Clive never tired of reminding us just how many eager applicants there had been the last time he 'd had to ‘ let someone go ’ .
13 The last time he had felt like this was in a house in Florence , when he and Julius had been about to visit Cosimo de' Medici and extract a commission to represent the Medici in Trebizond .
14 The last time he 'd seen her she 'd been drunk , they 'd had a fight , he 'd left her sprawling on the carpet .
15 He thought of the last time he 'd seen Dad .
16 It was the first time she had left little Bradley , the first time she had been out to celebrate his birth — and it was the last time he would ever see his mother again .
17 Annabel had said as much to Father Ross the last time he had come to tea , and Father Ross had looked at her sternly over his glasses , saying that if we all understood the way the Universe was run what would there be left for God to tell us on the Last Day .
18 The last time he was high ?
19 It appeared then that Adam had actually been out shooting the last time he was here .
20 I could n't remember the last time he 'd shown me so much affection .
21 While she spoke , she remembered Maxie 's grumble from behind his newspaper , the last time he had been home , when she had told him to do the leaves .
22 Thank God , that was the last time he would have to do it ; after this he would go as an executive , by aircraft and helicopter only .
23 Transfer-listed Davenport could n't remember the last time he 'd played alongside deadly Don in the league .
24 Merton 's written an entirely new set for the Edinburgh Festival , but the last time he did any substantial stand-up was in Australia in '89 .
25 But the last time he had been in the headlines , people had known him by a different name — Chris Bott .
26 ‘ When was the last time he came home ? ’ persisted the Brigadier .
27 The last time he had been in Athens , when the group that called themselves ‘ November 17th ’ had hit the Procter & Gamble offices with an anti-tank rocket , he had not been admitted to the presence of this big man .
28 The last time he had seen him the Trollslayer had been wandering off to booze with his fellow outcast Dwarfs .
29 Mr Richter was so smitten by Mr Cliburn 's talent , and so bored by the competition ( 1958 was the last time he ever served as judge for anything ) , that he decided to give the talented American pianist the top score of 25 for everything and all the other contestants a zero for everything .
30 He remembered the last time he had seen his father — Dermot Corcoran , he corrected himself — alive .
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