Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun] for the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 2 | Sheila and Jim Smith from Abingdon have been fostering children for the last twenty-five years . |
| 3 | In fact , we in methodism we 've been ordaining women for the last twenty-five years , and it has become as natural as breathing to us . |
| 4 | ‘ She 'd been taking hush-money for the last ten years . ’ |
| 5 | Although I have n't been making records for the last six years , I have been working behind the scenes at Artists Against Apartheid , and me the Mandela concert last month , seeing that speech go out live on the BBC to all those people , was a culmination of all that work . |
| 6 | And yet , as er as Linda said women have been playing football for the last seventy , and before that , I mean op , throughout the century women have been playing football ! |
| 7 | Melanie , their new PR , has been watching proceedings for the last few minutes . |
| 8 | It was getting time for the last bus across London Bridge for the District Line . |