Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for the last [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He said , ‘ No , I have statements , I have witnesses and we 've been surveying you for the last four months . ’ |
2 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
3 | Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months ' stint in Sun City . |
4 | The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 . |
5 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
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 | Subconsciously he must have been expecting something like this : his first reaction was not surprise but an intensification of the dull misery which had enveloped him for the last 24 hours . |
8 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
9 | At the beginning of this erm programme he admitted that we had an excellent education service in Oxfordshire , and he 's now , having taken no part in managing it for the last five years , he is now claiming that in fact it 's due to what happened before . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | With surprise , Juliet realised he was referring to his hospital episode , when she had nursed him for the last two weeks of his stay . |
12 | ‘ We have him for the last five games of the League run-in . |
13 | I 've managed it for the last four years , have n't I ? ’ |