Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is quickly shipped off to San Francisco to be studied by a German scientist ( Jon Voight ) , and found to be the last survivor of a tribe massacred by the White Man . |
| 2 | Despite the donation of more than thirty million European Currency Units raised by GenTech-sponsored concerts in America and the Soviet Union , Wally the Whale — believed to be the last cetacean in the Atlantic Ocean — died today of natural causes totally unconnected with the acceptable levels of pollution in the area . |
| 3 | This seemed to be the last straw — somebody was really gunning for me : slowing the whole bloody earth down now . |
| 4 | I happened to be the last person of my family there . |
| 5 | The recruitment of 40 top staff from Indian companies , including some from Bangalore-based Wipro Information Systems , proved to be the last straw . |
| 6 | It proved to be the last London double-decker bus with the passenger 's entrance at the rear . |
| 7 | Surviving until 1932 , it proved to be the last newspaper published inside the country by that organisation . |
| 8 | The most poignant lesson , which proved to be the last , was held a few days before the wedding . |
| 9 | But Vienna proved to be the last summit for six years and SALT II was never ratified by the US Senate , for in December the Red Army invaded neighbouring Afghanistan in order to prop up a weak Marxist government . |
| 10 | Dakar proved to be the last occasion that de Gaulle 's efforts to win over territories in the empire were conducted in close and sincere collaboration with his allies . |
| 11 | In fact , however , the signing of this treaty proved to be the last hurrah of de Gaulle 's West European strategy . |
| 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 | There are a lot of people who know of a colleague who appeared to be the last person to go under — ‘ Jim always seemed such a jolly , easygoing chap ’ — until his absence one day was followed by news of his nervous breakdown , or heart attack , or suicide . |
| 14 | Before I moved to Sheffield in 1970 I had done my homework and knew that for a first visit to this corner of the Peak the venue had to be the last of these three crags . |