Example sentences of "last thing i [verb] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing I wanted was to make some hasty move which might invalidate my claims to a large share of our joint estate . |
| 2 | The last thing I wanted was to have to write the outline again . |
| 3 | The last thing I wanted was to find myself slithering down the steep craggy section above the corrie , having mistakenly bypassed the Y-shaped gully that led back to the car , yet I could sense I was getting it all a bit wrong . |
| 4 | In the last game when we lost two players in the same position the last thing I wanted was to come to a quick decision with my brain still buzzing after a training session . |
| 5 | The last thing I did was to fire the blazing stream of petrol at the buck still sitting stuffed and dead and oozing blood in the forefront of the Grounds . |
| 6 | ‘ The last thing I need is to keep arguing with the chairman . |
| 7 | The last thing I want is to upset him or the family — I ca n't bear hurting people — but I 'm harmless ; you can tell him that ! ’ |
| 8 | Lewis said yesterday : ‘ The last thing I want is to get the title outside the ring . |
| 9 | The last thing I want is to impale this dancing , living creature upon the stake of meaning . |