Example sentences of "last thing [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing we want is to lose our independence to one of the big five . ’ |
| 2 | The last thing we want at the moment is talk of selling . ’ |
| 3 | We faced the barrel of a gun and chose the last thing we would do . |
| 4 | With images of picket-line strife , the broadcast warned : ‘ The last thing we need now is for Labour to come in and wreck Britain 's recovery . ’ |
| 5 | Last thing we wanted really . ’ |
| 6 | The last thing we want is teaching by numbers , reducing learning to a series of mechanistic measured units . |
| 7 | If we lock eyes with it we are unavoidably intimidating it , when this is the last thing we wish to do . |
| 8 | You will notice that I never include rice and pasta in the menus on the last day of the week to avoid causing an artificial weight gain — the last thing we want for tomorrow morning . |
| 9 | ‘ We are her close friends and it is the last thing we would do . |
| 10 | The last thing we want is pictures of him on the back pages having a punch-up . |
| 11 | After a pub lunch we did a bit outside the car-park mortuary and then settled down with the telephone to record some attempts to buy a coffin , one of which resulted in agreement , which was the last thing we needed at the time , although it came in very handy later . |
| 12 | There will be two hinged clamps to secure it in even the worst weather which , as you can see for yourself , is the last thing we expect today . ’ |
| 13 | The last thing we want to do is broadcast this information . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ This is the last thing we will ever be able to do for Sophie , and it 's important to us to do it right , ’ Mr Leeder said . |
| 15 | The last thing we need is to have the police involved . ’ |
| 16 | I feel some drivers have been very , very lucky and the last thing we want is to have complacency creeping in . |
| 17 | ‘ The last thing we want to do is confuse anyone . |
| 18 | The last thing we want is a fight now . " |
| 19 | After ninety bruising minutes in the mire that is ‘ The Tip ’ , the last thing we or our opponents will want on a fridge-like February Saturday , is a three-mile walk to the local Duck and Forceps ' washroom , caked in mud and soggy shorts smelling as evil as a gypsy 's knickers . |
| 20 | Although the last thing we want is a return to rigid central control , the NHS does need some coordination to ensure that scarce resources are used to best advantage and not wasted by the unsupervised duplication of facilities . |
| 21 | The last thing we want to do is to start infighting on the S A Us |
| 22 | ‘ A fucking gang war is the last thing we want . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ The last thing we wanted to do was move , ’ explains John , ‘ But we needed some extra cash to build an extension for our growing family . |
| 25 | This is the last thing we needed . ’ |
| 26 | And with a sensitive subject like nuclear power , the end of the world is the last thing we want to remind the punters of . |
| 27 | We are well aware of this problem and the last thing we want is ex-service men having to live in temporary accommodation . |
| 28 | What follows from that is that the last thing we should do is to introduce policies that are almost specifically designed simply to increase unemployment . |
| 29 | The last thing we want is approved contractors having to wait too long for their money . |
| 30 | 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 . |