Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester . |
| 2 | It was close in the end but it might have been even tighter if Colbert had n't made way for them on the last stage . |
| 3 | I 've done lots of work for them in the last couple |
| 4 | Erm and if it 's not it 's er I 'm not going to deny the fact that some people say you know this has been good for me for the last eighteen months erm I 'm er I 'm used to being self employed I 'm going to stay that way but I 'm looking at other avenues . |
| 5 | Particular highlights for me over the last year have included : |
| 6 | As well as coaching many of Britain 's leading international crews , Spracklen is a key member of the Oxford University team , and he will be returning from Canada in March to look after them for the last fortnight before the Boat Race . |
| 7 | She could not know the things he had discovered about himself in the last few days . |
| 8 | Half the racing world seemed to have embraced the occasion , for which after the last race that afternoon there had been much speedy unrolling of glittering black and silver ceiling-to-floor curtaining , transforming the workaday interior of the grandstand into something ephemerally magnificent . |
| 9 | ‘ I felt I might have passed the pair in front of me on the last lap but what was the point , I had no chance of winning and this is a tough circuit . ’ |
| 10 | Gradually Elizabeth and I got to know each other ; Elizabeth already knew something of me from The Last Enchantments . |
| 11 | They secured eight but also lost three wickets including two run outs , one of them off the last ball . |
| 12 | ‘ We get a lot of donations from relatives and friends of people we have nursed here and we have kept a record of them over the last few years , ’ said Mrs Deidre Shaw , administrator for the appeal . |
| 13 | Others are saying , a lot of them for the last few years have been saying , this is ridiculous . |
| 14 | We read , for instance , that Spalding ‘ has now a very neat and generally modern appearance , having more than doubled its population and buildings since 1811 , and most of its ancient houses and public buildings have been rebuilt ; many of them during the last twenty-five years ’ . |
| 15 | We have studied the sediment from the bottom of Loch Ness and Loch Morar to discover whether the sea entered either of them after the last ice age . |
| 16 | " Then I must have applied to half of them in the last four years . " |
| 17 | So the paper you 've got in front of you from the last meeting then . |
| 18 | He had grown fond of her in the last few days . |
| 19 | Thank god he s having more shots now too — that s been my only criticism of him over the last year , now he s looking to shoot more , and scoring ! |
| 20 | I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months . |
| 21 | He did quite well out of it during the last year . |
| 22 | Had Louis been inclined to forget the destiny his father had mapped out for him , he would have been forcefully reminded of it in the last decade of his reign , when his chief adviser was Suger , abbot of St Denis between 1122 and 1151 , a man of humble birth consumed by a passionate devotion to the cause of monarchy in the Carolingian mould . |
| 23 | I had to practically bite my knuckles to keep my hands off you for the last three weeks , and I did it because of your innocence ! |
| 24 | It 's been so dreary for you in the last couple of weeks . |
| 25 | And after all the running around I 've done for you in the last couple of days . |
| 26 | This sort of nonsense could have been fairly innocuous had it not been for the fact that under Napoleon I , the frequent employment of courtiers in great and influential offices of state had led to a gradual isolation of the Emperor , which in turn gave too much power to those close to the throne , many of whom , it should be noted , actively worked against him in the last years of the reign . |
| 27 | I walked back behind him for the last several hundred yards , and was shocked at the sheer , mindless , bestial ferocity of the crowd . |
| 28 | What if I decide against it at the last minute ? |
| 29 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 30 | You 've put up with me for the last ten days . ’ |