Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fakrid 's heavy eyelids were closing for the last time . |
| 2 | With this achieved and with Rodrigo again in command of Valencia , the cards were dealt for the last hand between the Champion of Spain and the wily Moorish Emir . |
| 3 | But the fireworks were reserved for the last six holes , each of which he birdied . |
| 4 | It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with . |
| 5 | Harry Holmes senior was competing for the last time , having raced thirty-seven times between 1933 and 1969 . |
| 6 | The first flight was scheduled for the last week in January , and as luck would have it there was a wild prairie blizzard blowing across western Canada at just the wrong time . |
| 7 | The appearance of the gall bladder mucosa was documented for the last 53 patients and is noted in Table III . |
| 8 | That is strange , for the boat was moored for the last night and the river was calm . |
| 9 | The total collapse of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ was reserved for the last phase of the war . |
| 10 | Mowbray was frustrated over Achilles tendon and ankle injuries , and was suspended for the last game when Celtic suffered an embarrassing home defeat to Hibs . |
| 11 | After the charter was read for the last time , the children , who had been joining the procession as it moved through the village , scrambled for new pennies thrown by the lord and lady of the manor . |