Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun pl] [prep] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've been encouraging local authorities to tighten their belts for the last 14 years , ’ he protests . |
| 2 | It would be helpful to the planning committee if Q.T. could let us know their views on the last year 's programme . |
| 3 | Christies International , one of the world 's leading art auctioneers , yesterday revealed their profits for the last six months had been hammered by £1 million down to £2,112,000 . |
| 4 | This year , as the locos dropped their fires for the last time , the cash bag totalled more than £1243.72 . |
| 5 | I would have preferred to see its replacement with a fixed housing allowance of limited term , and possibly on a more generous scale , for first time buyers only and those who have bought their houses in the last few years ; that should be coupled with the extension of housing benefit , which is limited to the rented sector , to low income home owners who have difficulty in meeting their mortgage payments . |
| 6 | I would have preferred to see its replacement with a fixed housing allowance of limited term , and possibly on a more generous scale , for first time buyers only and those who have bought their houses in the last few years ; that should be coupled with the extension of housing benefit , which is limited to the rented sector , to low-income home owners who have difficulty in meeting their mortgage payments . |
| 7 | The larks carry their tongues to the last atom |
| 8 | It was an astonishing performance in a first-rate production , and it led directly to her casting as Kitty MacVurrich in The Long Roads , McGrath 's TV film about a cancer-stricken Skye woman and her husband , visiting their children for the last time . |
| 9 | 28th August 1930 was a sad day , as the islanders closed their doors for the last time . |
| 10 | In London the Women 's Film and TV Network , Converse Pictures , Women in Sync and Aphra Workshops have all lost their funding and closed their doors in the last few years . |
| 11 | Even the most solid-looking dinosaurs may have changed their habits in the last few years ! |