Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [art] last " in BNC.

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1 After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water .
2 Publicans have mixed feelings about their business in the last 3 days .
3 It 's not possible really to understand Eastern Europe now unless you know a little bit about its history for the last 150 years . ’
4 We in Britain owe so much to our American allies , not only for their support during the last war , but also today .
5 Of course I was in a fever to hear again , but as his regiment was sent back into the line , I did not have further word till April , when he responded to that phrase with the comment : ‘ I think you would consider that this lily has grown into rather a thistle … seriously , though , I 'm not the same little lad you last saw ; I feel so much older because of my life in the last year . ’
6 I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects .
7 Yet , despite their form over the last two months , the turning point for Wigan 's 20th major trophy in six years undoubtedly came in December when it looked that they might struggle for success this season .
8 This Act enabled LEAs to arrange for children under school leaving age to have work experience as part of their education in the last year of compulsory schooling .
9 Children are ranged in order of their performance in the last test .
10 Confidence has risen markedly since the defeat at Elland Road ; the parts are falling neatly into place and some of their football in the last three games against Hull , Widnes and Featherstone has been exhilarating .
11 Many of these have adopted as a major part of their strategy over the last two years campaigns to attract bidders for Channel 5 franchises to locate in their cities .
12 Helynsar ran well in the later stages of her race at the last meeting when Treat Me Good scored and she may be worth following against a moderate lot in the Moira Novices Chase .
13 She says she wept nonstop for an hour during which she gradually began to realize that she had been out of her mind for the last six weeks .
14 Carolyn Brady 's meticulously illusionistic , large-scale watercolours are at Nancy Hoffman ( 13 February to 13 March ) and Max Protech has covered his walls with drawings of every medium and artistic persuasion by the artists of his gallery through the last Saturday of the month .
15 David Lodge 's screenplay of his novel Nice Work , which was the subject of his article in the last edition of The Birmingham Magazine , has received two awards since it was televised last autumn .
16 My old friend Robson was head of your organisation during the last war , and I have a run-off of a cartoon dated October , 1939 , which he sent to me .
17 But much more detailed and as a result not only of about twelve days ' training which we 've undertaken in that area with the management team , or various of them , but also of our experience over the last eighteen months in operating it .
18 because of our fears over water supplies , we have reduced abstraction to less than two thirds of our licence during the last 2 years , but we can not get away from the fact that this is a severe drought which affects every underground source .
19 A very important aspect of our work over the last nine months has been the development of the new general SVQs .
20 have the er figures in front of you of our progress during the last twelve months you will no doubt see that we are in a very nice financial position er only a pound and a penny off that magic thousand pound in in the club now .
21 It was even more frightening when we reached the cooler highlands , where at night people would huddle on the road for warmth , barely visible and apparently asleep , yet able to leap dexterously out of our path at the last moment .
22 With a hopeless shrug of resignation she hurriedly put on a slim linen dress , which she had only thrown into her case at the last minute .
23 Judging by the hard work they 've put into their music over the last three years , that success could just be round the corner .
24 The courtesies to be shown are seen at their best when Aurora dances with her Prince in the last act of The Sleeping Beauty .
25 The girl noticed Wightman while waiting with her boyfriend for the last train .
26 Faha Sanchita , defending , said that Uddin had 10 years of experience in the food business and had owned and run the Lalquila with his brother for the last five years without any hygiene problems .
27 In August 1939 he escaped with his family on the last but one ship to leave Hamburg .
28 In August 1939 he escaped with his family on the last but one ship to leave Hamburg .
29 David and Lyn went with their son in the ambulance to hospital and watched as electric charges were pumped into his chest in a last , desperate attempt to get his heart going .
30 Remember Judas 's dog sitting under his chair in The Last Supper by Rubens in Brera . ’
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