Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were watching the camp pack away for the last time before it moved on without them . |
| 2 | I shall do so for the last time . |
| 3 | And soon we shall all meet again for the last time . |
| 4 | His father had been ‘ under the weather , since July , and Lewis was half-aware that he might be coming home for the last time . |
| 5 | I 've been doing well for the last week , but I took this heavy cold , well from Thursday , since I 've took this heavy cold I 've hardly smoked . |
| 6 | So Frances and Mrs Malloy — four grown-up children and seven grandchildren — danced together for the last couple of hours . |
| 7 | Thus , for example , in reference resolution , if the first complete set of resolutions of the anaphors in a QLF is deemed implausible , other possible referents will be tried exhaustively for the last anaphor to be processed before any other changes are considered ; and the second QLF , if any , will not be considered at all unless no plausible set of resolutions can be derived for the first . |
| 8 | There have been those burrowing away for the last year seeking a more sinister reasons . |
| 9 | The last date was significant ; it was the Monday following the Sunday on which Inez left home for the last time . |