Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] for the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 2 | ‘ Jason has been my boss for the last year , and as far as I was concerned a reasonably good one . |
| 3 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 4 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 5 | Breeze , wedged in a corner of the crowded third-class compartment , cautiously massaged her left arm , which was cramped , and tried to wriggle away from her portly neighbour , whose big fur collar had been tickling her neck for the last half-hour . |
| 6 | Whatever enforced their absence for the last couple of years , it was n't an extensive search for a new musical direction . |
| 7 | It would have been a particular thrill to have met the man who could pen such material , she mused as she closed the lid on her suitcase for the last time on Tuesday morning , but she knew that that was out of the question . |
| 8 | The girl noticed Wightman while waiting with her boyfriend for the last train . |
| 9 | Their income and their finance for the last year ? |
| 10 | Then he shook his feet free of the stirrups and , lifting his horse for the last time , sent it rearing into the enemy mass to crash and sink amongst them . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is probably fanciful to cast Mrs Moore as Phaedra , or the P'daytabird as Theseus , but now Lewis was crossing the sea to see his father for the last time . |
| 13 | Eight days ago we heard his voice for the last time . |
| 14 | That 's what 's had you muttering under your breath for the last hour ? ’ |