Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] the last few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've seen plenty in the last few months . ’ |
| 2 | And the big , one of the big things that affected us in the last few years was er Dallas . |
| 3 | He had had no private income , pension , or — which had surprised me in the last few years — life insurance . |
| 4 | He had to be assisted as he flayed himself , but he got most of the skin off as easily as a cardigan , and the minister only had to help him with the last few strips . |
| 5 | Yet anyone who has been using one in the last few months will know , the accuracy of the sets in winter can be very poor . |
| 6 | Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well . |
| 7 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 8 | Causes of change are many — the government , the unions , OPEC , the Argentines , company mergers , new brooms , technological change , recession , unemployment , legislation , EEC — you name it , you 've experienced it in the last few years . |
| 9 | After the meeting a lot of people wanted to talk to Karen and ask her about the last few days . |
| 10 | ‘ If we have learned anything from the last few years , it is that availability is the main occasion and the trigger for experimentation among the young . ’ |
| 11 | Thus it is that the Tamar , beautiful as the nymph whose name she bears , winds her way from the rugged north coast between the hills , to be joined by the Tavy , flowing from Dartmoor to join her for the last few miles to the sea , while the luckless Torridge flows ever northward in vain pursuit of Tamara 's beauty . |
| 12 | He 's been lucky of course , in that respect , in that he has had something to occupy himself over the last few months as far as the Gulf war is concerned , and in that respect , of course , I think I do n't I think it would be very difficult to fault him . |