Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [prep] [art] last [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have n't noticed the so-called economic boom Chile 's been enjoying for the last twenty years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 've been farming for the last 70 years and never seen anything like it . ’ |
| 4 | You 've all got friends and relations in er other jobs and they 've all been struggling for the last two or three years have n't they ? |
| 5 | Although they have only been trading for the last ten years , they continue the tradition of using a water powered mill which started in the 1800s . |
| 6 | It appears that two campaigning groups against genital mutilation have been developing in the last ten years within and outside Africa . |
| 7 | Now , so far er , the acquisitions that have come onto the market have n't really reflected er , the trading conditions in which all companies in this country have been operating for the last eighteen months . |
| 8 | In the first place it is a single system of examinations in place of the dual system that has been operating for the last twenty-two years . |
| 9 | Her East Coast American accent deceived most people , it was so like , and yet in some ways so unlike , that of the society in which she had been living for the last six months . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 12 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ I have been waiting for the last three years for an opportunity like this and I see it as the right time in my career to take it . |
| 14 | What the hell do you think I 've been talkin' about the last few minutes ? |
| 15 | The buzzard population in the province has been growing over the last few years and is believed to currently stand at 650 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They 've been expanding for the last four years . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Then nine tenths of the rubbish they 've been printing for the last few weeks will be seen for what it is . |
| 21 | I do n't know then what we have been doing for the last four weeks , when we first asked . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 25 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 26 | and MOS equipment , which again , we we 've b successfully been doing over the last two or three years . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What we have been doing over the last few weekends is exercising our right to search someone if we have a reasonable belief that they are carrying a weapon , ’ said Mr Wood . |
| 30 | What 've you been doing in the last five months that 's put on the weight ? |