11.   O.K., perhaps beepers and their cousins mark a small step for civilization when they carry news, say, that a husband or lapdog has breathed its last.

12.   That fund also backed ThingWorld, a Watertown interactive Web-content company that last week breathed its last.

13.   The impatiens and begonia are breathing their last around the trunks of side-street trees.

14.   The suit has by no means breathed its last, but as a defining element it has become the incredible shrinking suit.

15.   President Andres Pastrana met privately Wednesday night with his Cabinet, generals and leading politicians as the three-year-old peace process was breathing its last.

16.   He was rushed to the DMCH where he breathed his last shortly afterwards.

17.   Most people want him to read or talk while they breathe their last, he said, but not Toole.

18.   President Andres Pastrana met privately Wednesday with his Cabinet and leading politicians as the three-year-old peace process was breathing its last.

19.   Further down the road, a large pool of blood marked the spot where someone had been seriously injured and possibly breathed their last.