Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [art] last [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Timber staithes remain at this port on the River Tyne , some of the last such structures built in the nineteenth century as wharves for unloading coal from the railway on to waiting ships . |
| 2 | But when he suddenly took ill and returned to Hollywood to undergo surgery for lung cancer , his son Christopher helped polish up some of the last few scenes . |
| 3 | You will hear more of this in the last half hour of the conference . |
| 4 | Now of course , some people might say well the Iranians er have n't covered themselves with glory one way and another in the last few years , and that of course , is true . |
| 5 | Jackie Aitchison , chairman of the consortium , has spent much of the last few weeks in talks with potential partners . |
| 6 | He looked around the room where she had spent much of the last few years . |
| 7 | Cairns added : ‘ I 've learned so much in the last few weeks and coping with failure and disappointment is one of them . ’ |
| 8 | He had heard ( and drunk ) so much in the last few days that his mind was a haze of impressions and conjectures which refused to sort themselves out or lead in any one direction . |
| 9 | Yet he was often in danger of winning the $55,000 ( £31,250 ) first prize until he found it just too much over the last few miles . |
| 10 | Yes , magnetic units claim success , and we 've reported on many of these in the last few months . |
| 11 | In the coming year , the Government will also face its greatest crisis over public sector borrowing , having to borrow too much to pay the interest on its debts — the trap that caught so many in the last few years . |
| 12 | There was indeed information given to Labour on this but that application proceeded by the Council and I think some of the officers have omitted that in the last few weeks . |
| 13 | Joey Beauchamp has looked as lively as sharp as any over the last few weeks . |
| 14 | This would give him time to get back to Mrs Lorimer 's , out of his jeans and grubby shirt , and into something that smelt less heavily of the smoke , sweat and beer of the Prince of Wales where he had spent most of the last few working days . |