Example sentences of "[noun] for the last [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AFTER more than 31 years working for , electrical engineer has packed away his drawing board for the last time and started his retirement . |
| 2 | Years later when I saw John Sayers of West New Houses for the last time before he unfortunately died , I mentioned that I was planning to start riding my bike again , and he was most amused . |
| 3 | The wound plagued an injured nerve for the last time as he took the few steps to the trapdoor under the beam . |
| 4 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 5 | Well , she 's been having an affair with this bloke for the last year or so and then out of the blue he turned round and … |
| 6 | Andrevitch surveyed the corridor for the last time as he backed in . |
| 7 | Later , after she had visited Joy for the last time and he had filled her arms with fruit , as he had on every visit , she made her way to the cemetery . |
| 8 | But it wo n't be that much because I 've been out of things for the last year and before that I had shut my eyes anyway . |
| 9 | A little company in Golden , Colorado has been working on its own version of Unix for the last year and half , this one called Usix . |
| 10 | He 's been sitting on the bench for the last hour and has never once taken his eyes off the shop . |
| 11 | I paid the hostel owner three thousand intis for the last time and he handed me the neat slip , carefully signed and stamped twice : ‘ Hostal America PAGADO . ’ |
| 12 | They have both carried the burden of bearing the brunt for Britain in international competition for the last decade and more . |
| 13 | I 'm not sure whether the change in areas was the reason for the last flurry or whether they had just been triggered by instinct and gone on the feed . |
| 14 | The Dutch , like England at Wembley last month , struggled at times to break through against a side reduced to ten men for the last half-hour after William Guerra was sent off . |
| 15 | When Rangers gave me a chance , I walked through those big gates for the last time and thought to myself — I wo n't be back here , I 'm going to make it . ’ |
| 16 | At eleven forty-five , Laura Maingay switched off her cassette dictaphone for the last time and ran it back to the beginning . |
| 17 | On 14 December 1989 , she visited the Casa Republicii for the last time and expressed alarm on seeing that one of the decorative features of the stairways leading to the southern entrance of the palace had the image of a cross when seen from high above . |
| 18 | In 1977 the Skyfame Aircraft Museum closed its doors to the public for the last time and virtually all the aircraft in the collection were transferred to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in one of the most momentous rescue and re-site operations ever undertaken . |
| 19 | 28–8–1866 Norman McLeod , an Elder , had ceased to attend public worship for the last year and two other Elders were sent to find out why , " when he assigned as reasons several charges against the Minister , that his preaching was neither law nor Gospel ; that he considered him aiming at himself personally in his preaching . " |
| 20 | he was a development manager , I 've been giving 'em earache for the last year and a half , saying , you are falling behind man . |