Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] last few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony said he had felt happier after discharge from hospital and that his father had been less critical and more supportive during the last few days . |
| 2 | But when he suddenly took ill and returned to Hollywood to undergo surgery for lung cancer , his son Christopher helped polish up some of the last few scenes . |
| 3 | It had been made clear in the last few days , he said , with low-paid workers in North Ayrshire having their wages cut to join a trust while senior managers at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh awarded themselves BMW cars . |
| 4 | It had become increasingly claustrophobic in the last few weeks . |
| 5 | Staff turnover has been high in the last few years as school closure has loomed closer . |
| 6 | Three other people had also said they were interested in the last few days . |
| 7 | Now of course , some people might say well the Iranians er have n't covered themselves with glory one way and another in the last few years , and that of course , is true . |
| 8 | It had become increasingly clear over the last few days that the anger of East Germans is focused on the Communist Party and that it can only be a question of time before the party has to relinquish its leading role and allow political competition . |
| 9 | Scotland must take their chances in London against a side that has been the most consistent for the last few years if they are to come away with the spoils of victory . |
| 10 | Jackie Aitchison , chairman of the consortium , has spent much of the last few weeks in talks with potential partners . |
| 11 | He looked around the room where she had spent much of the last few years . |
| 12 | Cairns added : ‘ I 've learned so much in the last few weeks and coping with failure and disappointment is one of them . ’ |
| 13 | He had heard ( and drunk ) so much in the last few days that his mind was a haze of impressions and conjectures which refused to sort themselves out or lead in any one direction . |
| 14 | ‘ Our sales figures have been fairly consistent over the last few months . |
| 15 | Yet he was often in danger of winning the $55,000 ( £31,250 ) first prize until he found it just too much over the last few miles . |
| 16 | Moulvi ali Zoha , a Rohingya Muslim who arrived in Bangladesh on Monday , told United News , a Bangladeshi news agency , that the soldiers were angered by the Muslims ' breaking open the doors of the mosque , which had been kept locked for the last few months since the Burmese authorities clamped down on the Rohingyas . |
| 17 | Yes , magnetic units claim success , and we 've reported on many of these in the last few months . |
| 18 | We had to make a forced landing at Jever Luftwaffe Air Base just a few seconds in front of two Tornados on finals , making the runway a little slippy with the last few drops of oil leaking out of our crankcase . |
| 19 | Praxis , a 165-person concern founded in 1983 , sees the acquisition as a way of growing its business , which has been flat for the last few years . |
| 20 | He had been feeling a bit better for the last few days : He had repaired the fence between the Britches and Ron Paget 's yard , filled two black plastic sacks with rubbish and had embarked on a vigorous assault upon dead and decaying trees . |
| 21 | Welfare fraud squads have increased for example from 800 to 1,500 in the last few years , and in 1983 the regional fraud teams ( 10 groups of 9 ) were developed , saving , it was argued in 1987 , 55 million . |
| 22 | In the coming year , the Government will also face its greatest crisis over public sector borrowing , having to borrow too much to pay the interest on its debts — the trap that caught so many in the last few years . |
| 23 | Erm and I have to er pick up the point made opposite that the protection has been pretty good over the last few years without the policy . |
| 24 | ‘ George Graham has been very supportive in the last few years , during which I 've come through a lot of problems . |
| 25 | The economy has been so strong in the last few years it 's going to take a lot to bring it down . ’ |
| 26 | There was indeed information given to Labour on this but that application proceeded by the Council and I think some of the officers have omitted that in the last few weeks . |
| 27 | I wish that we had been able during the last few months to persuade our European colleagues that we are not arguing just for a narrow British position . |
| 28 | Mary Ann was blind during the last few years of her life , and it had the quite understandable effect of making her very emotional ; she only had one set of grandchildren , and she made such a fuss of them : ‘ My Siddy ’ , she would say , as she stroked her young grandson 's cheek with tears in her eyes . |
| 29 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 30 | And she had made Paddy happy in the last few months of his life . |