Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bullins , porter at Magdalen College for forty years , and senior porter for the last ten , put on his bowler hat and the bland expression he always assumed on such occasions , and walked to staircase III in New Buildings , overlooking the Deer Park , where E. A. J. de Chavigny had some of the most desirable rooms in college . |
| 2 | There 's me been putting sugar in his Ovaltine for the last fifty years . |
| 3 | His variation margin payments of 6250 have been paid and the average FTSE100 index during the last ten minutes of trading is 1810.5 , implying an EDSP of 1810.5 . |
| 4 | If he did not go quite so far as Eric Linklater in believing that what Mary was doing down at Kirk o' Field during the last days of Darnley 's life in February 1567 was indulging a ‘ womanly zeal for nursing ’ , he certainly had no doubt of her innocence . |
| 5 | ‘ We had a very successful relationship and partnership on the field during the last tour of India eight years ago . ’ |
| 6 | Arriving back at the cottage for the last time Ludens paused to look and listen . |
| 7 | I had no regrets as I slammed the door behind me and left the cottage for the last time . |
| 8 | Holyoak believes that the council has been bamboozled into adopting LET's monolithic scheme which has had outline planning permission for the last year . |
| 9 | SINBAD has been cleaning the windows in Channel 4 's Brookside since 1984 , although he has only been on a regular contract for the last two years . |
| 10 | AFTER 21 years service has covered his drawing board for the last time to take up the more leisurely pursuits of photography and walking in his retirement . |
| 11 | AFTER more than 31 years working for , electrical engineer has packed away his drawing board for the last time and started his retirement . |
| 12 | At half past four the morose office messenger would slink in with his brief case for the last of the week 's mail , ducking the cheerful insults the girls would fling at him . |
| 13 | We in Britain owe so much to our American allies , not only for their support during the last war , but also today . |
| 14 | The current account had been in deficit for the last 17 years and by late 1990 constituted around 7 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) . |
| 15 | They are DEVOTED to each other — she 's seeing a toy boy and he 's had a mistress for the last fourteen years |
| 16 | The Rev Leslie Gready was led from the Friday morning service to the grounds of St Cuthbert 's Church , Darlington , where he has been vicar for the last ten years . |
| 17 | He dragged himself from the clump of twitch-grass that had been his hiding-place for the last half hour , and shivering violently , set off on foot to the east . |
| 18 | Such was the hope for the last days , and this was the hope that the Christians had seen fulfilled since the resurrection and ascension of Jesus . |
| 19 | Andrew 's wife , Abi , a former production manager , has been a freelance photographer for the last five years . |
| 20 | Mrs Simmons , a photographer for the last 15 years , also achieved one of two merits from the BIPP for a photograph of the Cornmill centre in Darlington . |
| 21 | Firstly , he has been involved with the team as a test driver for the last two years ' development of the incredibly successful active-ride suspension system which powered Mansell to the world title . |
| 22 | It was followed , after the ammunition pouches of the defenders had been emptied , by total slaughter as the last line on the summit of an open hill was breached . |
| 23 | Companies are likely to continue to be laying off surplus staff well into the recovery , as was the case during the last recession in the early '80s . |
| 24 | It is here that Duval-Leroy , supplier of Sainsbury 's Champagne for the last 14 years , has its headquarters . |
| 25 | ‘ I have been a car park season ticket holder for the last five years , during which the cost has risen from about 20 pence to £150 per day . ’ |
| 26 | But the terms of funding for the last two years of the programme remain uncertain . |
| 27 | On the other hand despite the increase in funding during the last forty years , the UK spending on health as a proportion of national income is lower than that in most West European countries and considerably lower than in the USA ( see Figure 7.1 ) . |
| 28 | Her father has been an elder of the kirk for the last twenty years . |
| 29 | I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days . |
| 30 | That is , ’ he added morosely , ‘ until the ravens start pecking them , though they usually leave that bit for the last . |