Example sentences of "was the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the last days of the old tradition , I suppose and I 'm glad I was lucky enough to be part of them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | That was the last time we spoke . |
| 4 | And now that Donald 's name was on the militia list , the thought of being parted obsessed them and they made love as though each time was the last time . |
| 5 | Quebec was the last province to give the vote to women . |
| 6 | John Ruskin , it might be said , was the last considerable figure before Pound to hold in all seriousness , as Pound did , that the level of craftsmanship and artistry in a society was the one infallible measure of that society 's moral and civic health . |
| 7 | YESTERDAY was the last day for comments from the public on a paper issued in January entitled : ‘ Comparability of Financial Statements ’ published by the International Accounting Standards Committee . |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia was the last place they could travel to without restrictions . |
| 9 | Gavin Laird , the general secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering Union , said that it was the last ‘ burning issue ’ Labour needed to resolve before the next election . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't say it was the last ditch for the capercaillie . |
| 11 | AUBREY BOOMER was the last surviving member of the Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup team which contested the first match against the Americans in 1927 . |
| 12 | It was the last Labour government which spent more on defence than the NHS . |
| 13 | Asterix , whose village was the last in Gaul to resist the invading Romans , was conceived in the Fifties with , no doubt , the Occupation still fresh in memory . |
| 14 | ASTERIX AND THE BIG FIGHT Asterix , whose village was the last in Gaul to resist the invading Romans , was conceived in the Fifties with , no doubt , the Occupation still fresh in memory . |
| 15 | There was no looking back ; I wanted to remember Fiona as she was the last time we met , standing in the doorway of the croft , her black hair blowing in the breeze as she waved me goodbye . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Yet this was the last thing the Dominions would contemplate . |
| 18 | Grenada was the last tiny but bitter dreg in the constitutional cup which the United Kingdom has drained in the past thirty-five years ; and bravely , though not without a grimace of disgust , did we swallow it . |
| 19 | He was the star writer on the NME then and always in the shop because he was a Keith Richards clone and our shop was the last one n the Kings Road before Granny Takes A Trip — where all the Keith Richards clones bought their clothes . |
| 20 | The 1931 general election was the last election until that of February 1974 at which the electoral performance of the Liberals was of significance to the two major parties . |
| 21 | Even if it was the last thing she was ever able to do , Phoebe would have known it , and would have to notice her now . |
| 22 | When the ceremony was over , Pearce was the last to leave the boatyard at Newcastle . |
| 23 | During one meal I swat one off my arm and ask Tor if he knows what was the last thing that went through the mozzie 's mind . |
| 24 | James Hunt was the last British world champion and , after the Mansell comeback announcement , he said : ‘ At least Williams knows the animal and how to control it . |
| 25 | Bridget Culross was the last name with which he felt he need concern himself . |
| 26 | This was the last walking holiday the two brothers were ever to take together . |
| 27 | ‘ It was the last thing she talked about . ’ |
| 28 | It was the last of several stops on the way down from Dún Laoghaire . |
| 29 | Recruitment of 40 top staff was the last straw . |
| 30 | GEOFF Mulcahy , the soft-spoken chief executive and chairman-elect of Kingfisher , insisted last night that in launching his £460 million bid for Dixons , that revenge was the last thing in mind . |