Example sentences of "[prep] be the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah , left alone , had the dubious distinction of being the last of all the Titfords in Frome . |
| 2 | Bill senior , who will celebrate his 90th birthday on 25 August , has the unique place in the company 's history of being the last employee to continue working at the old Etruria factory . |
| 3 | " I am not so sure whether I can handle the fame of being the last project leader of the old St. Joe 's ! " |
| 4 | The days of being the last one to leave any night out — ‘ I was the sort who was afraid he was missing out on something ’ — were then at an end . |
| 5 | It was like being the last man alive on earth . |
| 6 | Fairbrother was another Kumble victim , skying a catch to mid-off to be sixth out and playing the shot of a man fed up with being the last recognised batsman caught in a hopeless position . |
| 7 | This has got ta be the last one though has n't it ? |
| 8 | Now , a new settlement option is a last ditch option , we 're far from being the last ditch here , we 're hardly the first ditch . |
| 9 | She also turned out to be the last close friend I had for an awfully long time . |
| 10 | Needless to say , this is not going to be the last word in the debate between the constructivists and the nativists . |
| 11 | I no longer cared about seeing the film , though it was to be the last with my great hero Sean Connery . |
| 12 | What appeared to be the last rites were then administered by Kevin McDonald , whoise storming try was converted by Pugh , but with three minutes to go Moon , not to be eclipsed , cut loose for his third try and Watkins landed the match-winning conversion from far out on the left . |
| 13 | The reunion is held every two years and although this year 's was intended to be the last , organiser John Gray of Plymouth , said : ‘ Every time I say I 'm not going to do it again , they twist my arm to plan another . ’ |
| 14 | I haul my kayak up with what seems to be the last of my strength . |
| 15 | The recruitment of 40 top staff from Indian companies , including some from Bangalore-based Wipro Information Systems , proved to be the last straw . |
| 16 | The film was made in 1987 and turned out to be the last chance for outsiders to trace the old route to China before Burma 's political blow-up of 1988 . |
| 17 | Promoters World Wide Productions said it was likely to be the last party of its kind before new legislation comes into effect . |
| 18 | I had a record company screaming for final mixes , not even sure that they wanted this album because ‘ Space Oddity ’ did n't do too well and as far as they were concerned this was going to be the last they had to do with David Bowie , and I was n't delivering the goods . |
| 19 | It is likely to be the last chance to rescue the economy from chaos . |
| 20 | Suppose you knew that this was going to be the last day of your life . |
| 21 | ‘ So — is this going to be the last day of my life ? ’ |
| 22 | I happened to be the last person of my family there . |
| 23 | This is going to be the last party for quite a bit . ’ |
| 24 | It proved to be the last London double-decker bus with the passenger 's entrance at the rear . |
| 25 | ‘ Tom ’ Ayliffe , who was to be the last miller . |
| 26 | Although neither party knew it , the Cherbourg visit was to be the last state meeting between the sovereigns . |
| 27 | The very last inscription is that of President Beshara al-Khoury of Lebanon , who in 1946 recorded the evacuation from Lebanon of what he supposed to be the last foreign troops . |
| 28 | What was destined to be the last series of operations of the desert war was another of Stirling 's grand concepts , intended to tie in with Montgomery 's attack on Tripoli and beyond into Tunisia which was to start on 15 January 1943 . |
| 29 | Boyle had been , with one short break , continuously in Government office for eleven years and was to be the last Minister of Education , as Butler had been the first . |
| 30 | It is believed to be the last living relic of the days when these islands were joined to Europe and the Thames was a tributary of the Rhine , where the same species of snail is still found . |