Example sentences of "you [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | You times the last 6 ways by 4 to get 24 . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm telling you for the last time , Harvey . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm telling you for the last time , Liz , get up and let's go home . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ No , I have statements , I have witnesses and we 've been surveying you for the last four months . ’ |
| 5 | It 's probably just as well I have n't been near you for the last week . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 7 | The sooner I 've seen your grandmother , the sooner I can say goodbye to you for the last time . |
| 8 | I had to practically bite my knuckles to keep my hands off you for the last three weeks , and I did it because of your innocence ! |
| 9 | So the paper you 've got in front of you from the last meeting then . |
| 10 | It 's been so dreary for you in the last couple of weeks . |
| 11 | Largely instrumental , it 's like warm soapy water , soothing and enveloping you in the last bath of the day . |
| 12 | And after all the running around I 've done for you in the last couple of days . |
| 13 | He remained silent , watching her , and her embarrassment grew until in the end she set her glass down with a bang and in desperation said , ‘ So are you going to tell me what 's been happening to you in the last five years ? ’ |
| 14 | A catapult lives with you until the last moment ; it stays tensed in your hands , breathing with you , moving with you , ready to leap , ready to sing and jerk , and leaving you in that dramatic pose , arms and hands outstretched while you wait for the dark curve of the ball in its flight to find its target , that delicious thud . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've come to advise you on the last two appointments to your team . ’ |
| 16 | there for three pairs which was just as well I stopped you on the last one . |
| 17 | Erm just to refer you to the last sentence , paragraph four three , er to assure members of the Committee that those er representation whether the erm application . |
| 18 | On the day they want to , they will massacre you to the last man , and it is your duty to fall . |
| 19 | • If you make a move that takes you beyond the last circle on the grid , you must count back to complete that move before continuing forward with the next move . |
| 20 | Too close and you get swept over the edge except that they usually have some sort of wire-mesh barrier to stop you at the last moment . |
| 21 | This belief , though not taught in the Old Testament , was widely held in the Jewish constituency among whom Paul worked : it is widely believed today that if only you try hard and do your best , God will accept you at the last . |
| 22 | My fortune was denied you at the last , and that was the spur . |
| 23 | Again this was reported to you at the last meeting of this Committee . |
| 24 | They ca n't gazump you at the last minute cos it makes |