Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] over the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | It remains to be seen whether the special provision built up over the last decade will survive what may be the collapse of pre-vocational college-based education . |
| 2 | The enrichment of the Library 's printed collections by selecting appropriately from the constant flow of new knowledge , as well as completing gaps in those publications already represented in the collections built up over the last three hundred years of the Library 's development , is of paramount importance for scholars and researchers . |
| 3 | Much of the pollution is caused by a backlog of fertilizers , built up over the last 30 years , seeping into the groundwater which feeds many of the dykes . |
| 4 | He thought back over the last few hours , the acknowledged relief of talking to Alice , the knowledge that nothing shocked her , nothing surprised her , that everything he did , if not right in her eyes , was judged by a different standard from the one she rigorously applied to the rest of her life . |
| 5 | An hour or so later I was beginning to feel proud of our levels of determination and achievement as we topped out over the last sand dune , then my heart sank into my boots ! |