Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun] for the last " in BNC.
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1 | João went off hunting in the Alentejo with his friends for the last three days before the wedding , so Sara had little opportunity to get to know him better . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | There 's me been putting sugar in his Ovaltine for the last fifty years . |
4 | Yesterday publican John McKeague said that Mr McGarry had been drinking regularly in his bar for the last 20 years , but added that no one had ever asked about his movements . |
5 | Just before he was due to pack his case , tidy the papers on his desk for the last time , and go home , Spittals was surprised to receive a call from the commander of the Squad , who asked the chief superintendent to call in before he went home . |
6 | Wim Beeren , the Director of the Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam who , in the face of deafening criticism , has always defended the restoration , admitted that Goldreyer did not bother to inform him in time about his plans for the last phase of the restoration in which the painted surface was to be treated . |
7 | She did n't know whether to smile back or not , and she wondered what that expression had meant , and what had been going through his head for the last few miles . |