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 | 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 . |
| 5 | They had done so for the last forty-five years . |
| 6 | They had done so for the last forty-five years |
| 7 | Yonder , the town , had grown enormously during the last twenty years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He almost missed the turning off the taxiway to the runway and had to brake hard at the last minute . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Things had changed dramatically over the last few years , ’ he said . |