Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the last few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days . |
| 2 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 3 | She died in 1850 , having been allowed to leave the convent for the last few months of her life to be nursed by her sisters . |
| 4 | A downstairs room , once his study , had been turned into a bedroom for the last few months , and his bed faced the french windows leading into the garden he loved so well . |
| 5 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 6 | He 's been active with me in this issue for the last few years , ’ the MP announced . |
| 7 | Such an event normally takes us to Dartmoor or Exmoor , has run on the same basis for the last few years and is planned to the last minute — so why the meeting ? |
| 8 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 9 | The relief of escaping from his company was so intense that she felt as if she 'd been wired up to an electric charge for the last few hours and someone had finally taken pity on her and turned off the power . |
| 10 | She did n't know whether to smile back or not , and she wondered what that expression had meant , and what had been going through his head for the last few miles . |
| 11 | I 've had around two or three calls a week for the last few months . |
| 12 | Cook the rice as indicated on the packet and cook the frozen petits pois with the rice for the last few minutes . |
| 13 | If a girl is lucky and her parents are alive , she goes to her mother 's house for the last few months of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby 's life . |