Example sentences of "had [verb] [adv] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1928 the Medical Officer reported that maternity and child welfare had developed remarkably over the last two years . |
| 2 | She knew her character had altered completely over the last few years . |
| 3 | But after all , he had come far in the last few months . |
| 4 | Then Beryl went on to outline a couple of job offers that had come in within the last few days . |
| 5 | Carefully , slowly , Grace and her father tried to get the boat near the rock , but three times they had to pull away at the last minute . |
| 6 | Since a few ladies who had been at the tea would also be at the committee meeting , and , anyway , Boyd had messed up her best black afternoon dress , she wore now a pretty gown in green wool which she had picked up in the last sale at Eaton 's . |
| 7 | They had done so for the last forty-five years . |
| 8 | They had done so for the last forty-five years |
| 9 | Yonder , the town , had grown enormously during the last twenty years . |
| 10 | The civil population had been summarily evacuated ; a few enterprising and courageous camp-followers , evading the grasp of the gendarmes , had clung on to the last , but eventually all that remained were three elderly townsmen permitted to run a canteen for the troops . |
| 11 | The thick grey hair had been tinted a reddish brown , a process to which she had succumbed only for the last two years , having previously been free in expressing her opinion of those stupid women who aimed to camouflage their age by dyeing their hair . |
| 12 | He almost missed the turning off the taxiway to the runway and had to brake hard at the last minute . |
| 13 | He had aged considerably over the last few months , and though he protested he was fit , healthy and perfectly capable of taking care of the kids while I got a job , I had my doubts . |
| 14 | Gloucester after Saturday 's match at Kingsholm were left feeling just as impotent and just as confounded after Bath had stormed away in the last five minutes of extra time to win this semi-final . |
| 15 | In that log book , which he showed me later , was the name , port and country of origin , of every ship that had passed through during the last eight and a half years , together with her age and condition , her destination , and of course the name of the captain and details of the cargo . |
| 16 | By 1720 Peter I had reorganised the posolskii prikaz , whose importance had declined sharply in the last two decades , as a new college of foreign affairs . |
| 17 | ‘ Things had changed dramatically over the last few years , ’ he said . |
| 18 | He became aware of the disapproving looks his noisy party were receiving from some of the older locals who had drifted in over the last hour . |