Example sentences of "be the last [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it must have been the last he wrote — saying |
| 2 | Caretaker Hankin , one of 20 people to apply for the manager 's job at Feethams , stormed : ‘ Those two players are the last I want to sell , because they will be forming the basis of next season 's side . |
| 3 | It 's nice to get back to Bishop 's Castle Railway tickets , but I am sorry to say these are the last you will see as I have no more suitable for reproduction in the Journal . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But he took such duties seriously ; he often had to give his opinion on the work of young poets who were about to be dispatched into the war : and he knew that his comments might be the last they ever received . |
| 6 | ‘ What with this septi … whassname it might be the last you 'll get . ’ |
| 7 | He had thought that that would be the last he would hear of her , but a few days later she had sent him her first piece , and he had been so impressed by it that he had printed it and asked her to write more for him . |
| 8 | The Isle of Man TT races provide an opportunity for him to combine work and pleasure , though this year will be the last he attends the event . |
| 9 | I had a feeling it would be the last I heard of him . |
| 10 | As I sit on the bus going westward I realize this could be the last I see of this manor . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , for some reason Heather wanted to know all about the last time Clare had been here , which , as it happened , I remembered very well , not just because it turned out to be the last I ever saw of her , but on account of something odd that had occurred . |
| 12 | Hopefully it would be the last she saw of her lesbian lover . |
| 13 | She kept sight of him in her mirror — hands in pockets , bedraggled — until she turned the corner , hoping that image would be the last she would ever have of him . |
| 14 | The counsellor feared that would be the last she heard from him so she was pleasantly surprised when he did come the following week , bearing a letter from Susie in Denmark . |
| 15 | Given Minerva 's comments I hope this is the last we will see of this particular advertisement , but in future may I suggest advertisements are refereed and that manufacturers should be permitted to quote only published material and not their own files as references ? |
| 16 | I respond to them all , but in many cases that is the last I hear from the senders . |
| 17 | As you know it , this is the last I 'm sure everyone 's aware it 's the last item on your agenda when I was looking at the agenda this item was before the fox hunting motion I thought well it 'd be nice to have a debate before the fox hunting motion because we would have er a full house of people who I 'm sure would be very interested to hear the discussion on V A T. As matter of fact I 'm sure they would w w would welcome the opportunity to have a de , a discussion , but it seems they have gone and I got , I got it wrong Chairman when you by taking the the the fox hunting motion it should really have , have held on till this time in the evening . |
| 18 | No , I imagine this is the last you 'll hear of the incident . ’ |
| 19 | And I 've no doubt it 's the last we 'll be seeing till Thursday . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , anyhow , ’ she went on , as she fumbled for the matches and lit the gas lights , ‘ we 'll have Christmas together in peace , and — and in case it 's the last we have for some time , we 'll make it as nice as possible . |
| 21 | For my part , I 'm only glad that that 's the last we 've seen of him — ( And he glances offstage and turns front , his face betraying the fact that HAMLET is there . ) |
| 22 | ‘ That 's the last we 'll see of him , I hope , ’ she said . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's the last yer 'll get off me an' do n't forget I want my suit from the pawnshop when I come back ter fetch me other things . ’ |
| 24 | I used you to get to Ireland , that 's true , and if your friends in the organization can get me a job , then so much the better , but that 's the last you 'll see of me . |
| 25 | ‘ And it 's the last you 're going to get . |
| 26 | It 's the last I 'll see of the outside for a long time . ’ |
| 27 | That 's the last I see of Greg for some time ! |
| 28 | You had him at the Lord Howe , that 's the last I know . |
| 29 | ‘ Yeah , out he gets , pushes and of course it 's the last he sees of his stuff . ’ |
| 30 | And I scrambled out of me chain and as I was doing that 's the last he remembers . |