Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now , as he sat staring fixedly at the floral configuration on the faded green carpet , he felt a little sad as he thought of Laura , his wife for only the last couple of years . |
| 2 | In the space of approximately the last quarter of the nineteenth century positivist criminology ‘ developed from the idiosyncratic concerns of a few individuals into a programme of investigation and social action which attracted support throughout the whole of Europe and North America ’ ( Garland , 1985a ) . |
| 3 | The office , which displayed portraits of both the last president and the new one , was filled with stale air . |
| 4 | Newry clinched the points with almost the last kick of the game , Ralph scoring after sub Gary Hughes put him clear . |
| 5 | Newry clinched the points with almost the last kick of the game , Ralph scoring after sub Gary Hughes put him clear . |
| 6 | Zimbabwe skipper Dave Walters and Jenkins then swopped penalties , but having scored 20 points in 15 minutes , Wales went to sleep and had to wait for outside half Adrian Davies to drop a goal with virtually the last kick of the half for their next score . |
| 7 | I think the er the Home Secretary will be becoming increasingly concerned er if there is n't a a conclusion by mid April but I think maybe er honourable friends on both sides of the house may want to onto when the last date should be . |
| 8 | In only the last two years I 've noticed that more people are being drawn to the hills in Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | … and how many flats have gone to blacks in just the last few years ? |
| 10 | From here the last leg is a simple but muscle-tearing walk up a large boulder field to the summit of Ben Nevis . |
| 11 | The pie committee saw all their stipulations were met but attempts to stop it were made until almost the last minute . |
| 12 | I was in almost the last batch to receive the award . |
| 13 | He started , as he had intended , from where the last interview had left off and went quickly over the ground again . |
| 14 | from where the last one finished each time . |
| 15 | Until things collapsed , I had planned to hold a conference in either the last week in January or the first week in February because , as a result of discussions with the Shopping Hours Reform Council , SOS , the Union of Shop , Distributive and Allied Workers , the Keep Sunday Special campaign , the consumers and other groups , I am confident — |
| 16 | He belonged to perhaps the last generation in which it was possible to be very successful in science by making one 's own way , rather than following a standard pattern . |
| 17 | None of these reasons are overwhelmingly persuasive , except possibly the last . |
| 18 | Now we come to probably the last of the Bishops to use Halling Palace . |
| 19 | and and when er erm come over here the last time er , I I told him a a that he say , Doctor , you see , told what he said , he is a clever old boy were n't he ? |
| 20 | Up to virtually the last minute I 'd assumed that we , or at least yours truly , were going on the plane as well . |
| 21 | On the most recent occasion , supervisor Melvyn Relly had his vehicle stolen within minutes of arriving at the office , and with faint hope of success , Nick Graham , surveyor , drove Melvyn out to where the last car was recovered along streets neighbouring the Nottingham office . |
| 22 | The pigeon had still not passed on when the last fly leaf sputtered out an hour or more later . |
| 23 | So the solving of your mystery should be a much more gradual affair than any sudden flash of revelation coming to the hero and being kept under his deerstalker till almost the last page . |
| 24 | I think we shall have to look at just the last two years . ’ |
| 25 | We were therefore very disappointed when Ms de Jonghe found she had to cancel everything at practically the last minute . |
| 26 | I set her the first day to clean the floors starting at the top and expecting her to reach the bottom at the end of the day or at least the last floor , but Ellen she had not managed more than two rooms in eight hours and those not well done . |
| 27 | By the end , or at least the last week , of the tour England ‘ B ’ were looking a much better all-round side than when they started . |
| 28 | In at least the last three types of valid cluster the motivation is to overcome or exploit some kind of market failure . |
| 29 | Cypress Semiconductor Corp is disappointed with its Sparc business , which is falling and impacted its earnings in at least the last quarter : but now it reckons its Pinnacle Sparc shot ( UX No 381 ) will save the day in the second half . |
| 30 | Crowfield has appeared quite clearly on at least the last two editions of half mill Sheet 2171CD ( Southern England & Wales ) but does n't appear on the latest Sheet 14 ( East Anglia — Edition 12 ) quarter mill . |