Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you 've got to make a mental leap , because I mean for the last five years , things have been pretty horrible , since eighty seven really , I mean we 've only had the pick up in the last year . |
| 2 | If I grumble about the last movement of the Tchaikovsky , I certainly would not complain about the delicacy of the pizzicato of the third movement . |
| 3 | Hunt for the last wolf in Norway |
| 4 | GREAT Britain full back Graham Steadman has been fined £1,000 for failing a drugs test after the last match of this summer 's Lions tour . |
| 5 | Well I thought well I 'll , just think about what I want with the last five pounds . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's probably had two hours sleep in the last seven months , but he does n't care . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Motion should be pleased enough by the compliments paid to his work , but most of these appear in the last paragraph or so as a sort of afterthought when the reviewer has finished giving his own version of the poet . |
| 8 | ‘ Have you noticed any change in your brother recently — say in the last few months ? |
| 9 | Right , so erm , what 's happened to , to world trade over time , say in the last century , what major changes have taken place in world trade ? |
| 10 | Before we come on to look at that , can somebody tell me what 's happened to world trade say in the last century , what are the major trends in world trade ? |
| 11 | But can you just give me , sort of , a brief overview of what 's happened to the composition of world trade right , say over the last hundred years or so . |
| 12 | okay Why do you think that intra industry trade has risen , say over the last fifty years ? |
| 13 | If you actually look at what we 've paid for some of the players say over the last two or three years , I guess you 're looking at about three hundred and fifty thousand pounds . |
| 14 | Her eyes ate up Nicandra 's beaded satin , and shifted disapprovingly from Lalage 's muslins — a clothes snob to the last . |
| 15 | Or , fly at the last assigned altitude or minimum sector altitude , whichever is the higher . |
| 16 | Researches into Border ballads were to lead to the composition of Scott 's immensely popular Lay of the Last Minstrel . |
| 17 | Staff there have seen over 1,000 jobs dissapear during the last 3 years , but with millions of pounds worth of orders coming their way , tonight they 're in a celebratory mood . |
| 18 | Now I die for the last time . |
| 19 | Is the Minister aware that eight times as many houses were built under the previous Labour Government than those doctored figures show for the last financial year ? |
| 20 | Consumers equate the gross price to the value of the marginal benefit they receive from the last film , but producers equate the marginal cost of films to the lower net-of-tax price of films . |
| 21 | Council records show in the last 18 months a total of 44 businesses have stopped trading in Darlington including Miniprint , Initial Garments and Stenga Engineering . |
| 22 | Try the following two fillings ( they can both be prepared a day in advance and refrigerated ) , but wait until the last minute before filling the choux buns to prevent the pastry going soggy . |
| 23 | Well done Matt , well done , better doing it now then wait until the last bloody minute when we 're outside the school |
| 24 | Just wait until the last day , when you come , you sit down on the fucking stool and each leg goes like that ! |
| 25 | Their calibre , though , is impossible to deny : listen to the last half of Divine Madness and you 'll hear the most consistently pugnacious and provocative music British pop has turned up in the last 15 years . |
| 26 | A fitting finale — and summons to the Last Judgement , be ye Saint or Sinner . |
| 27 | In what follows we focus on the last of these — the possibility that debt finance may shift the burden by passing on a reduced capital stock — but the reader may like to consider the other two aspects . |
| 28 | He scored a three count on the last end of the final match against Essex for victory as Suffolk 's young bowlers held their breath for an improbable win . |
| 29 | His lips were still purse on the last words when they suddenly sprang wide as he saw her almost stagger back from him , her hand to her throat , the colour draining from her face . |
| 30 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |