Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] last six [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His dissertation was nearly finished but for the last six months he had almost stopped work on it and had devoted himself entirely to his passion , a crusade against nuclear power . |
| 2 | Richardson made 93 , but with the last six wickets going for just 30 West Indies were all out 235 , leaving England winners by 34 runs . |
| 3 | The stroke works well in boats of this length but in the last six years the average length of kayak has dropped by almost a metre . |
| 4 | But in the last six months his father 's image had begun to intrude on his consciousness at odd moments , in the middle of a meeting , across a boardroom table , in a gesture , the droop of an eyelid , the tone of a voice , the line of a speaker 's mouth , the shape of fingers splayed to an open fire . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I once said that the reason we went to America was to make money , but over the last six weeks I 've really changed my mind totally . |