Example sentences of "[verb] the last few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the last few years a small piece of wall has been restored and recapped to preserve the last few remains . |
| 2 | It 's not always possible in London but a short walk might well get you away from the crown and give you a chance to loosen up your legs , contemplate the last few hours and consider how your body is feeling in general . |
| 3 | Although the woods look impressively exotic and expensive , it has not been necessary to pilfer the last few acres of an equatorial hardwood rainforest in order to achieve the attractive grain patterns on these basses , hence the ( ultimately ) rather reasonable prices . |
| 4 | I just caught the last few minutes of a Yorkshire TV documentary , ‘ England 's Last Wilderness ’ , with David Bellamy burbling about the Pennines . |
| 5 | After she had scattered the last few blooms , she went and gave the girl a five pound note , Ulster Bank pounds , not punts . |
| 6 | He rushed along London Street and Bridge Road so fast that he puffed and staggered the last few yards to the cottage where he lived with his parents and two younger brothers . |
| 7 | A refinement of this is ‘ record revue ’ , which automatically replays the last few seconds of the previous shot as a check before returning the camcorder to record-mode . |
| 8 | She lay back , her body rigid , as she reviewed the last few catastrophic days of her life . |
| 9 | Practically sprinting the last few yards to the cottage , he pushed inside and dumped her belongings on the kitchen table before dashing out again and after the Land Rover as it groaned and grunted its way up the track to the colonel 's house , presumably driven by the garage mechanic . |
| 10 | Paid holidays , more affluence and cheaper travel have turned the last few decades into an era of travel . |
| 11 | In parts of India , goats graze the cotton after harvest and so remove the last few infested bolls and stalks . |
| 12 | Equation is seen , for instance , when we recognize a picture of someone we know ; and qualification was at work when a cave painter added the last few touches which made his bison look more energetic and more nearly alive than the others already on the rock face . |
| 13 | An hour later she added the last few remaining sticks and huddled down again . |
| 14 | Those people who have kindly attended the last few forums will have noticed the dearth of students for whom the event was organised . |
| 15 | He moved slightly in the bed , and felt the warm , naked body beside him and smiled , remembering the last few hours . |
| 16 | He says the last few months have been some of the driest since records began . |
| 17 | I 'll just watch the last few laps . |
| 18 | For a moment , Folly was taken aback , but then she realised that the policeman had probably only seen the last few seconds of their little drama . |
| 19 | But we 've noticed the last few times it 's all Jacqueline now . |
| 20 | So I decided to draw a line across the book and finish the last few pages when I got back . |
| 21 | A gush of tears took her by surprise , swamping the last few words . |
| 22 | She was not afraid of the dark , because when she was very little Maggie had had the last few scales of Fenna 's tail to suck on while she fell asleep . |
| 23 | It meant that they had almost to stand on the air , flapping furiously , and then drop the last few inches . |
| 24 | The drunk lifted his bottle and shook the last few drops into his throat . |
| 25 | He ripped the last few berries off their bush , swallowed them in one gulp , and surveyed the mess he had made with satisfaction . |
| 26 | And I 've got ta get some cornflakes today , my Gary must 've used the last few this morning . |
| 27 | For the browsers there is Golf : The Golden Years , a pictorial anthology by Sarah Baddiel celebrating the last few years of the 19th century and the first 40 or so of the 20th . |
| 28 | It has leaped the last few leagues in one bound ( great stuff ) , and lands smack BANG on the Cathedral roof ( or thereabouts ) . |
| 29 | Aenarion walked the last few leagues over the haunted plains on foot . |
| 30 | Standing on the landing , she took a moment or two to compose herself , then walked the last few feet to his mother 's room . |