Example sentences of "for the last [noun] [coord] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 For the last hour or so Lewis ground it out with Smith , the Notts man restrained to the tune of eight runs in 19 overs , Smith reaching a 101-ball fifty .
2 He mounted the horse he had led for the last hour or so and walked it cautiously down into Buttermere which he entered with the utter conviction that he had been there before .
3 For the last year or so he 's gained a reputation as ‘ Jack the sniper ’ .
4 They have n't been as much part of my life as I would like , because for the last year or so it has been more or less taken up by the future of the channel .
5 Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’
6 Well , she 's been having an affair with this bloke for the last year or so and then out of the blue he turned round and …
7 He went away a lot , with his work , but he 's been back with us for the last year or so , off and on . ’
8 But it wo n't be that much because I 've been out of things for the last year and before that I had shut my eyes anyway .
9 They have both carried the burden of bearing the brunt for Britain in international competition for the last decade and more .
10 He said he 'd been followed for the last week or so .
11 She 's been away for the last week or so
12 In 1977 the Skyfame Aircraft Museum closed its doors to the public for the last time and virtually all the aircraft in the collection were transferred to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in one of the most momentous rescue and re-site operations ever undertaken .
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