Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] [prep] the last " in BNC.

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1 I said three flights that I 've been on in the last fortnight .
2 ‘ No one knows what I 've been through in the last 12 months , ’ he said .
3 What we 've been through in the last few years has brought us a lot closer , and that 's part of the reason I 'm getting out of the rat race of international cricket … certainly for a few years , anyway .
4 Chairman John McBaine , passing sentence , labelled it a ‘ tragic case ’ , adding it was difficult to realise what suffering Lee had been through in the last few months .
5 In rugby we 're down to the last eight … in the Pilkington Cup … which means Gloucester are two matches away from Twickenham … they 've got a game on their hands tomorrow though … away to first division leaders Orrell
6 ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days .
7 The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period .
8 It 's a new one that 's only just been around for the last fifty years .
9 Chairman before before you do finally er pack your bag and zoom off back to wherever it is you 're going , could I on behalf of the county council and all of our participants here today and those who 've been around in the last fortnight thank you and Miss Whittaker and your assistant able assistants er Mrs Binns and Dave in the programme office for the sterling work they 've done .
10 Conference , we are all well aware of the terrific financial burden that this union has been under over the last few years .
11 If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes .
12 They were down to the last roll of flowered wrapping paper– The shop had the look of a battlefield the morning after .
13 Oh that 's up to the last page .
14 Everything was down to the last detail on this loco , including the small ladder which was originally attached to the ‘ A ’ end of the engine .
15 She said well it was down to the last two she said , I had a choice between a red and green cushion or a fitness test .
16 He was out in the last over before tea after completing his 15th Test century .
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