Example sentences of "[prep] [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The physical relocation of S&R staff is scheduled for the last weekend in May . |
| 2 | It took seconds for the last bit to drop . |
| 3 | What was his marks for the last test . |
| 4 | Which marks for the last test give a final average of fourteen marks for So the one test is gon na give him that is n't it ? |
| 5 | For the last hour they had done justice to Molly 's superb cooking . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , it has been for the last hour . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For the last hour between half-a-million and a million starlings — impossible to estimate accurately — had been flying in from every direction . |
| 9 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Mike noticed a group of heavy gamblers , most of them Greek , move towards the baccarat room , where the Sultan of Rupolei had been losing for the last hour . |
| 12 | She had been looking at the castle for the last hour . |
| 13 | For the last hour his progressively alcoholised brain had reminded him of the consequences of justice ( small ‘ j ’ ) : of bringing a criminal before the courts , ensuring that he was convicted for his sins ( or was it his crimes ? ) , and then getting him locked up for the rest of his life , perhaps , in a prison where he would never again go to the WC without someone observing such an embarrassingly private function , someone smelling him , someone humiliating him . |
| 14 | Thank you Mr , a point which you 've made consistently persistently for the last hour . |
| 15 | That 's what 's had you muttering under your breath for the last hour ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What the ‘ ell do you think we 've been doin' for the last hour ? ’ asked Tommy . |
| 17 | He 's been sitting on the bench for the last hour and has never once taken his eyes off the shop . |
| 18 | I 've been so thirsty for the last hour , I could n't be bothered to go and find a drink . |
| 19 | Well , many thanks indeed for fighting for the last hour on this programme . |
| 20 | Neck and neck for the last hurrah |
| 21 | Tony finds several packets of banana custard that is hot and sweet ; it tastes bloody awful and neither Tony nor I like it , none the less he fights me for the last helping . |
| 22 | Not for the last day of my life . |
| 23 | ‘ Ethel turned me into a frog and that 's where I 've been for the last day , and it was her fault . |
| 24 | The thin , pale sunshine gave little warmth , but it was a welcome extension of the autumn , and unusually fine for the last day of October . |
| 25 | Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’ |
| 26 | It had been a pearl of a day at five , and fine since , for the last day of the fair . |
| 27 | ‘ So you still have n't decided to give the poor guy a break , even for the last day on set ? ’ |
| 28 | The children will visit Edenside later this month for two ‘ familiarisation ’ days in the classrooms at Kelso before returning to Heiton for the last day of term . |
| 29 | I think I 'm gon na try and persuade my Mum to let me bring my camera in for the last day of term , I 'm gon na get a bottle of from the shop that 's on . |
| 30 | The VAT returns for the last quarter are due in , and that big ( very profitable ) convention which took over the hotel for three weeks last year is imminent but you ca n't get at your data . |