Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PAY settlements in manufacturing industry are now only slightly ahead of inflation , after halving over the last year , according to revised figures released yesterday by the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 2 | I ai n't seen this series I just sort of remember from the last series . |
| 3 | BBC1 accounted for almost 39pc of viewing in the last quarter of 1990 , but that figure had dropped to 34pc a year later . |
| 4 | " The results suggest , however , that a significant part of warming in the last century is not greenhouse-related " , he commented . |
| 5 | ( d ) We have made explicit the reason for focusing on the last novel — we chose it because it acts as a summary of Tey 's work , and so is an appropriate topic for a conclusion . |
| 6 | It gained 14 points in early trading but was down almost 25 points before rallying in the last hour to close 20.3 lower at 2,818.0 , with just under 600 million shares changing hands . |
| 7 | Polishing the fit in this way is analogous to reroughing in the last chapter . |
| 8 | But that causeway had had deep holes dug in it by the defenders these last days , and the intervening stretches strewn with caltrops , four-pronged iron spikes such as Bruce had used with such effect at Bannockburn , and which the many smiths of Berwick had been set to forging for the last weeks . |
| 9 | Well , many thanks indeed for fighting for the last hour on this programme . |
| 10 | Hey , do n't worry , we 've got really good at waiting over the last couple of days . |
| 11 | Do n't forget Leeds winning instead — the best scenario would be Leeds winning on goal difference by scoring in the last minute . |