Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A decent man doing a difficult job with players who are light years away from being the world 's best , he has been treated for the last week like a cross between a child molester and a Nazi war criminal . |
| 2 | ( Unless of course , you are booked for the last sitting ! ) |
| 3 | It could be the day you deleted the thesis you 'd been writing for the last year , or the time the system crashed while you were giving a presentation in front of a thousand people . |
| 4 | The fact was that Algy had been living for the last year with a working-class architect called Len in a basement flat in Maida Vale . |
| 5 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 6 | HOUSE has been called for the last time at the Mecca bingo hall in Middlesbrough and its future is now uncertain . |
| 7 | He had borrowed it from a fellow inmate of the lodging house in Kennington where he had been staying for the last week . |
| 8 | Mike noticed a group of heavy gamblers , most of them Greek , move towards the baccarat room , where the Sultan of Rupolei had been losing for the last hour . |
| 9 | Mail coaches &c. unable to travel … the long continuance of so severe cold Weather having scarce been known for the last Century . |
| 10 | What TC said , most people have been saying for the last couple of seasons . |
| 11 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 12 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 13 | Following a last salute to all old friends and listeners everywhere , we finished with that popular cowboy dirge , ‘ I 'm Headin' for the Last Round-Up ! ’ |
| 14 | The First Level Certificate in Commercial Studies will be offered for the last time in 1993 . |
| 15 | He said he 'd been followed for the last week or so . |
| 16 | The legendary Plaza ballroom will find itself playing host to the London Pink Dancers at the opening tea dance , and the cavernous Tramway has been earmarked for the last night ceilidh . |
| 17 | Fakrid 's heavy eyelids were closing for the last time . |
| 18 | With this achieved and with Rodrigo again in command of Valencia , the cards were dealt for the last hand between the Champion of Spain and the wily Moorish Emir . |
| 19 | The physical relocation of S&R staff is scheduled for the last weekend in May . |
| 20 | The girl who has reached the human being in Raskolnikov the murderer is left for the last time by Svidrigailov ‘ bewildered and frightened , and filled with vague and oppressive suspicions ’ . |
| 21 | However , it has not officially been published for the last couple of years and the figures shown for 1986/87 are unofficial ones culled from the published NHS annual accounts ( DHSS , 1988 ) . |
| 22 | It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with . |
| 23 | Harry Holmes senior was competing for the last time , having raced thirty-seven times between 1933 and 1969 . |
| 24 | The first flight was scheduled for the last week in January , and as luck would have it there was a wild prairie blizzard blowing across western Canada at just the wrong time . |
| 25 | That is strange , for the boat was moored for the last night and the river was calm . |
| 26 | The total collapse of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ was reserved for the last phase of the war . |
| 27 | Mowbray was frustrated over Achilles tendon and ankle injuries , and was suspended for the last game when Celtic suffered an embarrassing home defeat to Hibs . |
| 28 | After the charter was read for the last time , the children , who had been joining the procession as it moved through the village , scrambled for new pennies thrown by the lord and lady of the manor . |