Example sentences of "but [prep] [art] last two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the last two years of the war he at least had something to do . |
| 2 | I have been keeping tropical fish for some twenty years , but for the last two months I have been cursed with a problem which I can not solve . |
| 3 | But for the last two weeks of the holidays I was continually feeling ‘ sick ’ and ‘ shaky ’ , and went back to school , weighing seven stone one pound . |
| 4 | He admitted that he thought electors were sick of what seemed like endless campaigning , but for the last two weeks his home has been the headquarters for a hectic campaign office . |
| 5 | ‘ It was pretty close for a while , but in the last two sets I got run over by a Mack truck , ’ said Navratilova , who told the crowd that next year will probably be her last year of competing on the tour as a singles player . |
| 6 | You 've got your shop stewards , your activists , you , in my region , we 've got some great officers , the one that I have , Pat is great to work with , but in the last two years , I 've had to get hold of Pat more and more , myself . |
| 7 | But in the last TWO years , he 's hardly had so much as a bite here . |
| 8 | She dearly loved the twins , but over the last two days , since they 'd returned to Liz and Owen 's apartment , her cousin 's ancient washing-machine had seemed to be going non-stop ! |