Example sentences of "[be] for the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |
2 | ‘ Ethel turned me into a frog and that 's where I 've been for the last day , and it was her fault . |
3 | If our climate continues to be as mild as it has been for the last couple of winters we may yet challenge our French and German competitors ! ’ |
4 | Where has she been for the last decade ? |
5 | It was only when everyone rose to their feet , shook hands and made a beeline for the cooking tent — where , it emerged , Balvinder Singh had been for the last half-hour — that I realized that the ceremony was over . |
6 | ‘ Yes , it has been for the last hour . ’ |
7 | My suit case was ready packed and had been for the last week . |
8 | It might be for the last time . ’ |
9 | She climbed into the carriage knowing it would perhaps be for the last time ; maintaining the horses and the grooms was a luxury she would have to forgo . |
10 | She knew that if she were whirled down again it would be for the last time . |
11 | This is my speech , not the hon. Gentleman 's , and I warn him that if I give way now it will be for the last time . |
12 | of the records were for the last week of April and the first two of May . |
13 | One possible solution is for the last step in the procedure to be the subject of a strict time limit . |
14 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |