Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] [verb] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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1 | IN view of all the talk about a resumption of political talks , I 've been looking at the last word of the Ulster Unionists on the subject , delivered just before the plug was pulled last October . |
2 | They 've been living for the last ten years in an environment where they expect there to be a high level of occult activity in society . |
3 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
4 | Yeah , I attended , I used to run an A T C squad , well I used to run the two different ones in London , and A T C squadrons , and I must say I 've been invited to the last two open nights . |
5 | Each time they 've been reprieved at the last moment . |
6 | They 've been expanding for the last four years . |
7 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
8 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
9 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
10 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
11 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
12 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
13 | What it means for the homes is that they 're going to have to take a what we 've been doing over the last two or three years is gradually improving the staffing levels in our elderly people 's homes , because the dependency levels in those homes are getting very high . |
14 | ‘ What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components . |
15 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
16 | and they can put that on the recorder but I 've been told for the last two and a half years by this government that I am not unemployed . |
17 | What the hell do you think I 've been talkin' about the last few minutes ? |
18 | Two projects in the area of personal and social development have been completed within the last year : |
19 | In common with many bass amplification manufacturers , Trace Elliot have been trying over the last few years to build powerful , yet compact bass gear to ease the strain on the poor bass player 's back . |
20 | Is there any evidence that such limits have been recognised in the last 12 years ? |
21 | Although modelled growth rates for carbonate concretions imply that formation may take 10 5 years , these concretions are found in sediments that have been deposited in the last 50 years . |
22 | It appears that two campaigning groups against genital mutilation have been developing in the last ten years within and outside Africa . |
23 | Of particular interest , given that rates of divorce have been rising over the last two decades , is whether relatives commonly provide housing for people who have separated from a married or cohabiting partner . |
24 | Because I am delighted to report that education standards in Wales have been rising over the last few years following the introduction of the national curriculum and our other reforms . |
25 | And , I mean , reluctantly we have to accept that this is not an ideal world , but I mean , just now , we were actually looking at the number of food hygiene inspections that have been done over the last few months , which have increased enormously , it just means , I mean it emphasises the fact that food has changed , food , and the number of places that are actually serving food now I mean , the corner shop does sandwiches . |
26 | If you 've got any sensitivities at all do n't look at them please , but if you wish to , they 'll give you an indication of the kind of thing that your fire fighters have been facing over the last three or four months . |
27 | More importantly it has also been the experience of the many students on whom the approach , exercises and problems have been piloted over the last four years . |
28 | In our Galaxy , only four have been seen during the last thousand years : in 1006 , 1054 , 1572 and 1604 , but there is no knowing when we will see another . |
29 | Fifty-five people have been killed in the last twelve years . |
30 | But the essence of your answer to the questions that have been asked over the last twenty minutes or so , is we have n't done it that way . |