Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] last [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was n't yet quite in the Michael jackson class , but for the last few months the little boy had been difficult in the extreme . |
| 2 | Until the recent arrival of Joanna Lumley , the only thing Lovejoy was likely to leap into was his open-topped Morris Minor , but for the last few episodes he 's been gleefully doing more bedding than bidding . |
| 3 | But in the last few weeks , John Major has given us two particularly staggering examples . |
| 4 | But in the last few days the food supplies from CARE alone have fed at least 150,000 people . |
| 5 | Threatening phone bills are quite common in this house , but in the last few days abusive calls have become popular , with an unknown voice offering to dismember certain of my vital organs unless I quit the manager 's job . |
| 6 | But in the last few months he 's had a lot to cope with following the death of his best friend in a road accident . |
| 7 | Initially , the area improved under township schemes in Lewis and Harris greatly exceeded that improved individually , but in the last few years there have been hardly any new township schemes . |
| 8 | Generally my fish are too healthy to require treatment , but in the last few years I have been able to buy fish as they arrive in the country ( usually via the large fish shows . ) |
| 9 | But in the last few years before the war , a new military mentality had dominated French planning , the leading exponent of which was Colonel de Grandmaison , Director of Military Operations . |
| 10 | But in the last few years feminists have begun to organise together as architects , housing workers , builders , designers etc , to question seriously assumptions around housing policy and structure ; assumptions held not only by politicians , housing officials and housing workers , but also by socialist housing activists . |
| 11 | Its owner had claimed the animal was also whipped , but within the last few minutes , a tribunal has dismissed the accusations . |
| 12 | Up until this afternoon , it was on sale at HMV , but within the last few hours , they 've stopped selling it too . |
| 13 | ‘ But within the last few days we have received a letter from our insurance assessor that gives us fresh hope . |
| 14 | They 've always had links with industry and commerce , but over the last few years they 've recognised the need to develop and publicise their links . |