Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [prep] the last [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You will have noticed in the last case that Duchy Hotels owned another , smaller hotel as well as the Dee Hall .
2 After it she felt soothed of any irritation she may have felt with the last letter , wiped her mouth with satisfaction , and picked up the Oswaldston Gazette .
3 It could have occurred in the last couple of days , within the Metropolitan police area .
4 Even HG Wells might not have believed in the last years of the 20th century , plans were being laid to walk across the Martian south pole .
5 This may perhaps have corresponded to the last creation of the world , for the Maya believed that the world had been created and destroyed several times .
6 Many systems and many faces may have changed over the last year or two and I do n't imagine you would believe me if I said that none of these changes had saddened me but , in a changing market-place , the basics have n't changed and the most basic precept of all is that there are no healthy banks where there are no health customers to sustain them .
7 I would n't get dressed until the last minute because I thought I would be late and therefore would not have to go to school .
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