Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] for the last [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Horndean Meals on Wheels has been run magnificently by Jean Pinsent for the last seven years — and in expressing their appreciation , Petersfield WRVS tell us that she is retiring . |
| 2 | He has been managing director of LASMO North Sea for the last four years and has been responsible for the group 's activities in the UK and Netherlands . |
| 3 | In the UK , SAS has been trying to build a relationship with ICL plc for the last three or four years — with little success . |
| 4 | The company launched a a direct VAX-to-Alpha binary translator last November and has been shipping an R-series-to-Alpha translator for the last three months . |
| 5 | The company launched a direct VAX-to-Alpha binary translator last November and has been shipping an R-series-to-Alpha translator for the last three months . |
| 6 | Mary found herself looking down at the small dapper figure of Sidney Watkins , manager of the Berkeley Chase for the last ten years . |
| 7 | has been Head of Christian Aid 's Latin America/Caribbean Group for the last seven years . |
| 8 | Grace had appeared in supporting roles in West End productions for the last twenty years and he knew she would be word-perfect when she felt it necessary . |
| 9 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the figures for steel production in the United Kingdom for the last two years for which figures are available . |
| 10 | One of the authors lived in St Helens for the last three weeks of the strike , becoming as immersed as possible in all aspects of the activities of the strike committee . |
| 11 | Rothesay Castle has been in the capable hands of custodian Fiona Macrae for the last eight years , assisted throughout the summer months by her father Finlay , who has been the seasonal custodian for over twenty years . |
| 12 | Mr Dobson , whom police said was about 40 , had lived with Ms Bell , a receptionist , at their Darlington home for the last two years . |
| 13 | Hodgson shock SQUASH : Stephen Hodgson , York champion for the last three years , who has competed in nine successive finals , winning six of them , crashed to a shock defeat by Marcus Wood in the quarter-finals . |
| 14 | Liam Carson , general manager / director of the Groucho Club , has worked in London restaurants for the last 15 years . |
| 15 | On his last mission he joined fellow Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev for the last three months of his marathon 11 months in orbit . |
| 16 | Finally , Richard Wilson 's ‘ 20.50 ’ oil sculpture , on exhibition at the Saatchi Collection for the last twelve months , will be recreated on the top floor of Seville 's Museo de Arte Contemporaneo , although it will be seen only in June and July . |
| 17 | The England captain said : ‘ We 've done it despite a lot of injuries and we 've been without Mark Waugh for the last six matches because he 's with the Australian team in Sri Lanka . |
| 18 | Souza has lived in New York for the last 20 years . |
| 19 | Huntingtower has been cared for by custodian John Forsyth for the last 14 years . |
| 20 | It had been hoped that the bespectacled Bunter , legendary consumer of cream buns and pop at Greyfriars School for the last 84 years , would have his own cartoon series on TV . |
| 21 | First , says Taylor , he should have sent on Aston Villa winger Tony Daley for the last 20 minutes against France . |