Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] for the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , ’ he added morosely , ‘ until the ravens start pecking them , though they usually leave that bit for the last . |
| 2 | ‘ It was a fantastic feeling to be out on that field for the last 10 or 15 minutes , ’ he recalled . |
| 3 | Do n't zoom the lens in and out , either , but save this effect for the last shot in which you zoom out to a wide view of the garden again . |
| 4 | Knowing my shortcomings , Mum had taken charge of making curtains for George 's house and a week before the wedding she went to the market to find some fabric for the last pair . |
| 5 | He 's been active with me in this issue for the last few years , ’ the MP announced . |
| 6 | When on this mill for the last time there will close the gate |
| 7 | Well , she 's been having an affair with this bloke for the last year or so and then out of the blue he turned round and … |
| 8 | I can remember I 've been on this Gipsy Working Party since you lost control of this Council for the last five years and you 've fought tooth and nail all the way down the line to resist every gipsy site that came in you 've used every manoeuvre that you could possibly do to resist it . |
| 9 | Mrs Owain Williams , who has been Chairman of this ball for the last three years , looked very pretty in black velvet . |
| 10 | Then he admitted as he shovelled manure at a tree-planting ceremoney in his Huntingdon constituency : ‘ It occurs to me I 've been up to my neck in this stuff for the last month . ’ |
| 11 | The victory maintained the monopoly of British and Irish-trained horses , who have now exported this prize for the last 11 years . |
| 12 | Yes colleagues , what I will do is this , erm no one will be in this Congress for the last three days without knowing the strong feelings on the Timex issue . |
| 13 | trade unionism has been failing in this country for the last fourteen years . |
| 14 | XYZ Foods are well-known for their pioneering work in the field of slimming foods and they have been researching this pack for the last year . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I 've been considering how best to answer that question for the last twenty minutes . |
| 16 | The officially published diaries of Ceauşescu 's engagements reveal that Yasser Arafat was his most frequent guest : on average they met six times a year and saw each other for the last time only a month before the revolution . |
| 17 | I 've had the same look for the last 7–8 years and during that time I 've put on some weight . |
| 18 | Such an event normally takes us to Dartmoor or Exmoor , has run on the same basis for the last few years and is planned to the last minute — so why the meeting ? |
| 19 | There were a lot of people there who felt seriously about what they were fighting for but people went there for a good fight really , they had n't been able to show any aggression for the last two years . |
| 20 | We 've been saying the same thing for the last three years and I 've got the minutes here to prove it . |
| 21 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |
| 22 | Clarke has not played in that position for the last couple of years , but performed excellently . |
| 23 | And I 've been the leader of of that party for the last four and half years , I am ready to step down from that , and ready to take up this challenge , and I believe that those experiences , and what I 've done there , will stand me in good stead . |