Example sentences of "[prep] [art] last few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead we have seen the emergence of the enabling authority , where the Town Hall finds ways of allowing the private and voluntary sectors to undertake the work that , for the last few decades , it has itself accomplished . |
| 2 | Why was Sharp dropped for the last few games , and did he play today ? |
| 3 | I 've been thinking it 's needed some more in for the last few meals . |
| 4 | For the last few minutes , she had been travelling in parallel to her previous route . |
| 5 | It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before . |
| 6 | Cook the rice as indicated on the packet and cook the frozen petits pois with the rice for the last few minutes . |
| 7 | For the last few minutes before Ellen appeared , Ruth stood by the window , looking down the dale . |
| 8 | Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well . |
| 9 | Melanie , their new PR , has been watching proceedings for the last few minutes . |
| 10 | Neither man had spoken for the last few minutes . |
| 11 | Almost everyone has a story to tell about dream incorporation — for instance dreaming about Arctic exploration only to wake up and find that the covers have slipped off and he is freezing cold , or dreaming of bells ringing only to wake up eventually to find that the alarm clock has been clattering for the last few minutes . |
| 12 | Checking his watch he saw it was time to swim back to the canoe and his rendezvous with Roger Courtney , who had been paddling offshore for the last few hours , keeping the canoe head or stern towards the beach so that it was less likely to be seen . |
| 13 | For the last few hours he had been thinking about James and Kate and the rest of the Mollands , the Salpertons and the Redburns ; and it would not have shocked him if any or all of them who were still alive had turned up unannounced at Number 29 . |
| 14 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 15 | The relief of escaping from his company was so intense that she felt as if she 'd been wired up to an electric charge for the last few hours and someone had finally taken pity on her and turned off the power . |
| 16 | The care pulls up at the studio and Kylie greets everyone with a breezy ‘ G'Day ’ and gets ready for the last few moments as Lola teenage runaway . |
| 17 | Until the recent arrival of Joanna Lumley , the only thing Lovejoy was likely to leap into was his open-topped Morris Minor , but for the last few episodes he 's been gleefully doing more bedding than bidding . |
| 18 | Modigliani moved in to be with her for the last few days and at the end of November Jeanne entered the Nice Maternity Hospital . |
| 19 | I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days . |
| 20 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 21 | For the last few days she had seen them , not as her parents but as two hating individuals carrying on a private war behind screens . |
| 22 | It was near the end of August , and for the last few days it had been like high summer . |
| 23 | He was conscious on admission , explained he had felt unwell for the last few days and had intended seeing a doctor today . |
| 24 | It 's been Huey , George , Ralph and Bert for the last few days , liquid laffs ahoy . |
| 25 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 26 | He had been feeling a bit better for the last few days : He had repaired the fence between the Britches and Ron Paget 's yard , filled two black plastic sacks with rubbish and had embarked on a vigorous assault upon dead and decaying trees . |
| 27 | For the last few days of her life Julia lay in a drugged sleep , free from pain and still managing a faint smile for Pat as he hung over her , gripping her hand . |
| 28 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 29 | For the last few days , though , they 've been having to train where and when they can . |
| 30 | For the last few days , I have been driving Citroen 's latest addition to the ZX range the Aura Turbo Diesel . |