Example sentences of "final few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organisation of the celebrations on such a large scale was a major success for Pateman and although he could not have known it at the time he was in the final few months of his long and difficult years of service to the District and the WEA . |
| 2 | Maybe if I 'd been encouraged then to find pleasure and personal fulfilment instead of pain and resentment I could manage to beat the under-11s on those final few metres . |
| 3 | In his final few league games , Bremner was taunted unmercifully by rival fans . |
| 4 | It certainly seemed that a chapter of my life was closing , and I felt even more disgruntled when I found out that the other girls had all managed to get postings near their homes for their final few months in the Service . |
| 5 | In the end , in the final few days , the Labour campaign atrophied . |
| 6 | After his release from prison , Wilde went to spend his final few years in France . |
| 7 | The Walks were forbidden to the villagers and in the final few weeks of pregnancy , Tamar spent much of her time strolling there , in such complete seclusion that she felt cut off from civilisation . |
| 8 | But then the final few dates were dropped and Scotty phoned the office in person , to say he 'd now love to talk to us . |
| 9 | It concentrates the mind when you find yourself walking or driving a final few yards round a bend , up a driveway , not knowing whether your house is up or down . |
| 10 | Ipswich then enjoyed the final few minutes of a memorable league campaign . |
| 11 | Redmond , now with Oldham , is slowly recovering from the misery of his final few months at the club he joined as a boy . |
| 12 | I spent those final few hours extravagantly , staying the night at the Strand Palace Hotel for ten shillings for bed , bathroom and a cooked breakfast thrown in , with sixpence extra for a haircut at the hotel barber shop — three times as much as the Underground fare of twopence from Paddington to Trafalgar Square , where a Nippy served me at Lyons ' Corner House with a sirloin steak for a shilling . |
| 13 | The final few pages are painful reading . |
| 14 | Although he had felt his senses were ‘ charred ’ , he wrote some of his greatest poems , such as ‘ Spring Offensive ’ , during the final few weeks of his life . |
| 15 | He enjoyed his final few months at school and even returned after Christmas to visit and to say hello to members of staff . |
| 16 | This is due to the hard work of the community policeman , Kenny McLennan , and the constant encouragement of Councillor H.D.G. Fraser , it is hoped that the final few streets not yet covered by the Scheme will be included by the end of the year . |
| 17 | This is due to the hard work of the community policeman , Kenny McLennan , and the constant encouragement of Councillor H.D.G. Fraser , it is hoped that the final few streets not yet covered by the Scheme will be included by the end of the year . |
| 18 | I hope that the Minister will attempt , in his final few weeks in office , to clarify exactly which part of the station the Government are prepared to support financially . |
| 19 | now hopes to spend more time on his hobby of gardening and growing plants in his greenhouse , and left us with these final few words … |
| 20 | Considering this an ideal opportunity to notch up a final few medals for the family collection ( now housed in a vault beneath Windsor Castle ) , it was Cousin Vic 's plan to round up all the Nazi war criminals and march them off to prison . |
| 21 | But , even with all this sophisticated support , the final few years to the point of consumption continue to defy mechanisation . |
| 22 | On radio , in final few days of the campaign to elect America 's 42nd President , they still found time to talk to Stephen Kaplin , a vampire and head of the oldest vampire institute in the world . |