Example sentences of "would be the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her she should really leave or she 'd be the last . |
| 2 | I always wanted the room at the top of the house so that , when the axe-wielding psycho came in , I 'd be the last to be killed . |
| 3 | We 'd be the last people to see what it 's doing to us . |
| 4 | I 'd be the last person to say anything against old Stavanger — he brought me into the company , and I owe a lot to him . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd be the last person to know , would n't I ? |
| 6 | you 'd think he 'd be the last one to smile , but he 's always smiling int he , lovely |
| 7 | That theirs would be the last , the true one , and after that there would be no need for more ? |
| 8 | He said this summer that as he gradually wound down his involvement in sport , Henley would be the last thing he would give up . |
| 9 | He added that the measures announced yesterday would be the last change to the Government 's poll tax plans . |
| 10 | There was only one peg that was ice-free and I predicted that if anything was caught at all that peg would be the last to produce . |
| 11 | MR NORMAN Fowler , the Employment Secretary , indicated that the Employment Bill published yesterday , which ends the closed shop , would be the last piece of trade union legislation in the present Parliament . |
| 12 | So they kissed , for what Jane knew would be the last time , in Belgrave Square . |
| 13 | Those stuck with middle-range properties would be the last to feel the benefits , but with movement above and below the effects would filter through . |
| 14 | I would be the last person to say that it was all your fault . |
| 15 | The technological universities , as the former Colleges of Advanced Technology , would be the last such redesignations , so there would be no point in joining the queue . |
| 16 | I think I did say , in Sounds , that they would be the last major rock band , in the sense that they would follow , and terminate , the trend that rolls through The Who/The Stones etc , playing big stadiums on summer days to hordes of worshippers . |
| 17 | This meant that Watson and Baker-Finch would be the last pairing out , following Langer and Ballesteros . |
| 18 | The artillery-piece beside the building fired for what would be the last time ; the enemy would be upon them before the gunners could reload . |
| 19 | We would be the last to advocate wholesale belief in the utterances of governments , but it is at least possible that these protestations are sincere . |
| 20 | Alexander realized that the right thing to do would be the last thing that we would think of doing , if left to ourselves . |
| 21 | It was the only sexual advance she had ever made to him and he knew it would be the last . |
| 22 | Without any ends at all for which to survive life would be , in the strict sense of the words , not worth living , and on this boat a few decencies preserved without regard for consequences would be the last ends left which he values for themselves . |
| 23 | Recently my local baker told me the stoneground organic loaf I was buying would be the last . |
| 24 | The company had assured these would be the last cuts because of lower production levels , he said . |
| 25 | Perhaps this operation would be the last , perhaps his Western masters would finally decide that the old workhorse had given his best and deserved to be put out in rich pastures . |
| 26 | It was the first Ramadan the hareem had spent away from home and would be the last for many , many years . |
| 27 | Last night Buckingham Palace denied that this trip would be the last one Charles and Diana would ever take together and three separate sources confirmed that the couple still planned to travel abroad next spring . |
| 28 | We never thought it would be the last time we saw him . ’ |
| 29 | When our second child was very ill , the most distressing thought was that total strangers would be the last to touch him . |
| 30 | That would be the last of it . |