Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [prep] the last few " in BNC.
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1 | Some kind of crisis had developed in the last few minutes , and she did n't know why she felt afraid . |
2 | It was swollen with the heavy rain that had fallen during the last few days , and it looked fierce and dark . |
3 | Matt wanted to know how her parents had fared over the last few years , and as we were about to leave the table he asked her to stay and tell him about them . |
4 | ‘ What 's the point ? ’ said the landlord , who for some reason had come in the last few weeks to regard the Mrs Machins as in an obscure way a rival show to himself . |
5 | Turning to the specific task on hand , he commended the gas turbine division as a whole for the great strides it had made over the last few years and stressed the important role that LTS had played in the division 's growth . |
6 | As things turned out it was the Americans who made the greatest contribution , drawing heavily on the practice they had adopted in the last few years to incorporate the expertise available from industry and the unions into their CAB ( as they then were ) investigations . |
7 | Kaas had said nothing , had just wondered what they would say about his public image if they ever discovered the extent of the terrorist acts he had unleashed in the last few months . |
8 | Neither man had spoken for the last few minutes . |
9 | However , because of what had happened during the last few days , she knew she could not simply let this matter fade from her mind . |
10 | So much had happened in the last few months . |
11 | It was Christmas Eve and Agnes had wondered over the last few days if she had heard aright on the night she had gone to the closet , because the next morning her father had come blithely into the kitchen and said , ‘ Your mother is having a lie-in this morning ; take her a cup of tea along and a bit of toast . |
12 | His voice had changed during the last few words and she pushed him hard against the end of the settle as she said , ‘ No , they wo n't come running , but have you ever thought of you doin' the askin' ? |
13 | Yet she had to admit he had changed over the last few days . |
14 | It took a very short time indeed , and with every step Jenna 's trembling lessened , although she refused to think about the last few moments in the barn with Alain . |