Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] in the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of miles of Midland and East Anglian hedges have been ripped out in the last thirty years or so to accommodate the new agricultural demands and techniques . |
| 2 | The operation is one of hundreds that have been carried out in the last few years by keyhole surgery . |
| 3 | But wherever they end up , there 's a good chance they 'll be moved on again in the next few weeks — 28 groups have been moved on in the last 18 months and the County Council is moving on another group from Kirtlington , north of Oxford tomorrow . |
| 4 | It 's essential to erm , to what you 've been going through in the last , in the last few lectures . |
| 5 | Most of these options have been closed out in the last two decades . |
| 6 | Seven meetings have been called off in the last two days , including all three of yesterday 's cards plus three scheduled for today at Carlisle , Taunton and Warwick . |
| 7 | Most of the new people who 'd be coming over in the last couple of years a lot of them would n't be coming out to our concerts yet because they would probably be into a more younger scene like the Mary Blacks , maybe or the Christian Moore or somebody like that you would be catering for a younger audience and the the second third generation would be coming out to the First to the Foster and Allens and the Daniel O'Donnells and the Brendan Shines you know . |
| 8 | To be sure , the last page of the last chapter had not been written at the death of the last apostle any more than it had at the death of the Messiah ; but , like him , the disciples enjoyed the characteristic gift of the end , the Holy Spirit whom the prophets knew would be poured out in the last days . |
| 9 | Notices warning of the dangers of thin ice were put up in the last few days when the lake froze over . |
| 10 | Bruce Grobbelaar 's sending off in the last ten minutes in the Moscow first leg ultimately proved decisive . |
| 11 | Before the surrounding land was built over in the last century and subsequently , you could have seen it from miles away in every direction . |
| 12 | ‘ When we split up I was really pissed off that we had n't achieved a lot of things we could have done , and that mood was coming through in the last records because it was depressing . |
| 13 | The scale of fees has been simplified and was set out in the last Q.T. notes ( gold paper again ) £12 per annum for teachers living within 50 miles of their training venue £10 per annum for those outside a 50 mile radius |
| 14 | A child was brought in in the last stages of diphtheria . |
| 15 | Niki had his way — in part — and the engine was tried out in the last four races of 1983 : with mixed results . |
| 16 | The Romanesque was taken over in the last two decades of the nineteenth century , when American railway-station building reached its apogee in masterpieces of creative eclecticism . |
| 17 | He experienced the joy of scoring Omagh 's first two goals in the opening period but had the opposite feelings of emotion when he was sent off in the last minute . |