Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with . |
| 2 | A decent man doing a difficult job with players who are light years away from being the world 's best , he has been treated for the last week like a cross between a child molester and a Nazi war criminal . |
| 3 | Bush droned on about good and evil , right and wrong , Hitler , Munich , appeasement , using all the same phrases that most of us thought we had heard for the last time , after the revolutions of 1989 . |
| 4 | The IAC reported for the last time in January this year and , under the terms of the 1990 continuation order , the 1987 Act is due to expire on 31 March 1992 . |
| 5 | ( Unless of course , you are booked for the last sitting ! ) |
| 6 | He 'd trusted for the last time . |
| 7 | He 'd come half past seven to eight to pay us as we came to work , to hand us the money we 'd earnt for the last week , always keeping about three days in hand . |
| 8 | All was in vain ; the poor law functions of the Boards of Guardians were transferred to the County Council , and on March 29th 1930 the Board of Guardians met for the last time . |
| 9 | The 32-strong Skills Audit Team , recruited to find out all about the skills and work experience of the people living in the eastern district of the town , met for the last time yesterday at the end of a ten-week project . |
| 10 | No , the point they both make is that Jesus was equipped for his messianic mission by the Spirit promised for the last days ; that this Spirit was not available to others in the days of his flesh ; and that after his death and resurrection the last days were extended , so to speak , by the followers of Jesus inheriting his mission , his authority and his Spirit . |
| 11 | However , further pit closures are inevitable in the productivity battle , because the 65 million tonnes agreed for the last year of the contract is likely to shrink to fewer than 50 million , at best . |
| 12 | It will now seem strange to see a silent Locomotive Shed ( Bldg A22 ) wit hits doors closed for the last time . |
| 13 | Tony joined in the songs , where he knew the words , and then the curtains closed for the last time . |
| 14 | The First Level Certificate in Commercial Studies will be offered for the last time in 1993 . |
| 15 | No amount of persuasion would induce her to stay with us for more than a few days before she 'd vanish again to pursue her old habits , and on New Year 's Day 1967 , the police called for the last time . |
| 16 | HOUSE has been called for the last time at the Mecca bingo hall in Middlesbrough and its future is now uncertain . |
| 17 | The physical relocation of S&R staff is scheduled for the last weekend in May . |
| 18 | The first flight was scheduled for the last week in January , and as luck would have it there was a wild prairie blizzard blowing across western Canada at just the wrong time . |
| 19 | Mail coaches &c. unable to travel … the long continuance of so severe cold Weather having scarce been known for the last Century . |
| 20 | With this achieved and with Rodrigo again in command of Valencia , the cards were dealt for the last hand between the Champion of Spain and the wily Moorish Emir . |
| 21 | At Enfield , the destination of our first day 's march , we were met and accompanied for the last mile by a procession of Catholic parishioners . |
| 22 | The highlight of Sotheby 's 19th-century painting sale will undoubtedly be Millet 's ‘ Woman churning ’ , executed for the last Paris Salon in 1870 . |
| 23 | He said he 'd been followed for the last week or so . |
| 24 | The legendary Plaza ballroom will find itself playing host to the London Pink Dancers at the opening tea dance , and the cavernous Tramway has been earmarked for the last night ceilidh . |
| 25 | He mounted the horse he had led for the last hour or so and walked it cautiously down into Buttermere which he entered with the utter conviction that he had been there before . |
| 26 | That is strange , for the boat was moored for the last night and the river was calm . |
| 27 | The girl who has reached the human being in Raskolnikov the murderer is left for the last time by Svidrigailov ‘ bewildered and frightened , and filled with vague and oppressive suspicions ’ . |
| 28 | But today belonged to the Buccaneers — with a final cheer as the planes left for the last time . |
| 29 | The total collapse of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ was reserved for the last phase of the war . |
| 30 | Moments after the fighter had dipped its wings , the RAF ensign was gently lowered for the last time at Biggin Hill , Kent . |