Example sentences of "be the last [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And that 's the last he 's spoke since . |
| 32 | Gradually , as the armies pushed on through France , French airfields were taken over by the RAF and the Americans , and one day Jimmy and Henry were posted to a station near Rennes and that was the last we saw of them . |
| 33 | And you know I went into that film it was just being launched in America , and there was a sort of prologue to the film and er I did n't know whether to , to become terribly angry or , or just about cry because the prologue was as if Britain was a sinking ship you know , this was the last we would see of this great thing and they made the most of it you know , like er i the g the film was the old private schools you know the old w well the public schools in England . |
| 34 | We thought that was the last we 'd see of him … but Ian reappeared as we lost height … and he was clearly having a whale of a time … |
| 35 | That was the last we heard then . |
| 36 | For most of the brides , their farewell party ( usually accompanied by a small presentation of wedding presents ) , was the last they saw of printing office life . |
| 37 | Tapped on the door , it was the last It was a cul-de-sac we found Lilac Avenue , number twenty five , It was the last one i the c in the cul-de-sac as it happened , number twenty five . |
| 38 | Phipps 's latest conquest — he rarely went long without excitement — had been the childless and bored Mrs Venables , whose cake was the last he 'd tasted , and whose husband was the local chemist . |
| 39 | And that was the last he saw of them ? |
| 40 | And that was the last he saw of them . |
| 41 | We left 406 in October 1943 , and that was the last I heard of them until I received my Spring 1991 issue of Air Mail when I spotted that 406 Sqn were having a 50th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion in earlyh May at Shearwater Forces Base , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia . |
| 42 | That was the last I saw of him . |
| 43 | That was the last I saw of Will . " |
| 44 | He disappeared into the ship , and I thought that was the last I had seen of him . |
| 45 | That was the last I seen of him . |
| 46 | There is no poor law infirmary nearer than Waterford , so I took her there , and that was the last I saw of that dreadful day . |
| 47 | She came and collected the keys , and that was the last I heard from her . |
| 48 | That was the last I saw of him . ’ |
| 49 | Although it was late she did this , kissed me goodnight and that was the last I saw of ever her . ’ |
| 50 | That was the last I saw of him . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ That was the last I saw of him , ’ added Mrs Strand . |
| 52 | But the figure that stood before her was the last she had expected to see . |
| 53 | It was the last she would see of him , the last time she would be able to watch the lithe way he walked , the way his smile flashed unexpectedly . |
| 54 | She knew only that today was the last she 'd spend at Wilder 's Wilderness , and the knowledge caused her to be wrapped in misery . |
| 55 | That was the last you saw of him ? ’ |
| 56 | No , it was the last you know the dramatic end that everybody who 's been waiting for watching that film from seven o'clock till |