Example sentences of "last [noun] [pron] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the last week he 's been in a hospice with terminal cancer . |
| 2 | When it comes to saving lives or building bridges , the last thing we want is for uninformed and inexperienced students to form their own ideas . |
| 3 | The last thing we want is for someone to pop up unmarked and score a goal . |
| 4 | Er the reason want referring because has n't commenced it 's considered er view and the last thing we want is to be in business actually doing is enclosing on St Albans and anything that St Albans does n't actually want . |
| 5 | The last thing they wanted was for the Americans to know they were about to learn their secrets . |
| 6 | ‘ I live 20 minutes away from the set , but when you are working 16 hours a day the last thing you need is to be in a foreign country with a small child . |
| 7 | I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ . |
| 8 | The last thing I expected was to be woken from unconsciousness by an air hostess with the face of an angel , gently patting on my shoulder and telling me that the plane had just landed in Miami . |
| 9 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |
| 10 | But the last thing I did was for a guitar player in Nashville , Chip Young , who put together an album — which incidentally is getting released pretty soon — and he has ten tracks with ten different guests : local session players , myself , Chet 's on one , Grady Martin , Jerry Reed , Jerry Kennedy , Wayne Moss and various other guys , but I think guitar players out there will like it . ’ |
| 11 | The last thing I want is for the case to be closed . |
| 12 | The last thing I want is for them to be used as pawns in political games of chess to suit the personal ambitions of politicians . |
| 13 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ She knew if she had attended one of the public services she would have been the centre of attention and the last thing she wanted was to be photographed as the woman alone . |
| 15 | The last thing she wanted was to be a pawn between the two of them , and was n't that just what Rune had made her by drawing deliberate attention to himself on the stage before making an exhibition of both of them ? |
| 16 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |
| 17 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 18 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 19 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 20 | The last thing she needed was to be up in front of the stewards again . |
| 21 | The last thing she needed was to be trapped in a broken-down vehicle with Piers Morrison . |
| 22 | The last thing she needed was to be found trespassing in the Baron 's private grounds . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm hoping to see something of Czechoslovakia while I 'm here , ’ she replied , but as it suddenly struck her that the silence emanating from Ven Gajdusek was decidedly chilly — and since the last thing she needed was to be bad friends with him if he objected to Lubor Ondrus flirting with her on his time , ‘ But now I must return to my hotel , ’ she added . |
| 24 | Luke Calder was used to getting what he wanted from life , and the last thing she needed was for him to turn his sights on to her , even though it might only be to put her back in her place ! |
| 25 | Until she 'd made up her mind one way or the other , the last thing she needed was for rumours of an imminent retirement from music to start circulating . |
| 26 | The last thing she needed was for the plane to go without her . |
| 27 | In 1970 , the last thing he wanted was to be reminded of Richard and the silly game they used to play . |
| 28 | At this stage Hitler 's plans were still fluid , but the last thing he wanted was for the useful Danzig problem to be solved . |
| 29 | The last thing he wants is to be dubbed ‘ Saint James ’ . |
| 30 | They 'd never been to Blackpool , last year they 'd been to Spain |