Example sentences of "[noun] be the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , for most of us , the business of dividing up an estate does not involve nearly as much emotional wear and tear , and material possessions are the last things on your mind when you lose someone you love . |
| 2 | Bottle tops , silver paper and tin cans are the last things you should throw away . |
| 3 | It seems , once again , that Sussex are the last in the queue , yet not the least indelible of the summer 's memories will be Franklyn Stephenson 's contribution to that win over Durham at Horsham . |
| 4 | I mean , God 's sake , let them particularly journalists are the last people to insult |
| 5 | The stringencies built into the economy are serious disadvantages and salutary disciplines : Soviet designers are the last to confuse the most advanced solution with the most effective one . |
| 6 | The key words were the last . |
| 7 | But if airships were the last word in luxury then the penultimate word belonged to the flying boat . |
| 8 | Set in the pretty Lanarkshire town of Biggar the gasworks were the last in Scotland , now preserved for future generations to show how this once thriving industry provided gas for both private homes and street lighting . |
| 9 | These cars were the last to be constructed by English Electric for Blackpool , and the last trams that they built in their East Works , now used by British Aerospace . |
| 10 | The station has even provided a Liverpudlian euphemism for coitus interruptus — ‘ to get off at Edge Hill ’ — Edge Hill being the last station before Liverpool Lime Street . |
| 11 | Bullock and Keith Davies of the opposing club Channels were the last duo left on the course in the afternoon singles . |
| 12 | The gall bladder is the last place to produce bile that is likely to nucleate in the patients with cholesterol gall stones . |
| 13 | Glendambo is the last petrol station for 200 kilometres , " warned the Budget car-hire girl , as she handed me the keys to a six-cylinder Holden Commodore . |
| 14 | The boat is the last of the White Funnel fleet which has plied the Bristol Channel since Victorian times . |
| 15 | Uulaa is the last place , right now , that would look for us ’ . |
| 16 | Practice might improve things , but with this weight of negative experience , practice is the last thing they want . |
| 17 | The Waverley is the last paddle steamer to be built on the Clyde . |
| 18 | Friday 's the last day , I think and then they 're showing on the s oh Bobby ! |
| 19 | I can see why nuns wear white when they take the veil , but when you think of the way everyone goes on at the prospect of the wedding night innocence is the last thing on anyone 's mind . ’ |
| 20 | Had he known it , he had merely started the echo of another man 's voice in Harry 's overburdened mind , saying bitterly : ‘ Light is the last thing a man should willingly surrender . |
| 21 | ‘ Pleasure is the last word I 'd associate with your company . ’ |
| 22 | Intv. he sez morale is very low and this industrial action is the last thing the men wanted . |
| 23 | ‘ Will ye shut up ? ’ from Nellie was the last thing the old couple heard as they watched the cart disappear down the track . |
| 24 | Tuesday was the last day of uncertainty . |
| 25 | Left-hander Jimmy Adams was the last man out for a defiant 47 . |
| 26 | Monument Hill was the last place he wanted to go to , but he knew he had to see it again for himself . |
| 27 | Puddephat 's murder was the last item in the bulletin . |
| 28 | Right now the well-being of his car seat was the last thing on her mind . |
| 29 | Saturday was the last night , and Miles would be leaving on Monday . |
| 30 | This car was the last to be constructed without a sponsor , although it has since been sponsored by several firms . |