Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] for the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derek says … they 've broken a few boats in testing … they 've been building prototypes for the last six months and have been putting in hours at sea to make sure everything is right |
| 2 | Sheila and Jim Smith from Abingdon have been fostering children for the last twenty-five years . |
| 3 | Although widely described as boat people , a large number of the January arrivals had made most of the journey to Hong Kong aboard Chinese buses , only boarding boats for the last leg of their journey . |
| 4 | In fact , we in methodism we 've been ordaining women for the last twenty-five years , and it has become as natural as breathing to us . |
| 5 | Although I have n't been making records for the last six years , I have been working behind the scenes at Artists Against Apartheid , and me the Mandela concert last month , seeing that speech go out live on the BBC to all those people , was a culmination of all that work . |
| 6 | Melanie , their new PR , has been watching proceedings for the last few minutes . |