Example sentences of "[Wh det] had [verb] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the increasing difficulties which Edward faced in financing his wars in Scotland , the parliaments of these years are free of the political and constitutional arguments which had characterized the last years of Edward I 's reign . |
| 2 | At a rally attended by hundreds of Labour supporters from the arts , showbusiness and sport , he said that a Labour government would be in stark contrast to the ‘ vanity and self-interest ’ which had characterised the last 13 years . |
| 3 | He pledged Labour in power would willingly listen to the voice of the people , in stark contrast to the ‘ vanity and self-interest ’ which had characterised the last 13 years of Conservative rule . |
| 4 | The battles between Fascists and the Left which began in 1934 looked superficially like those which had marked the last years of the Weimar republic . |
| 5 | It was just in the process of digesting the Islamic revolution which had set the last of the Shahs , Muhammad Reza , on his unhappy way to exile , illness and death , the last finally overtaking him in Egypt . |
| 6 | The conference , the first of its kind openly held in Iraq , brought together all major opposition parties including several based in Iran , Saudi Arabia and Syria which had boycotted the last major opposition conference held in Vienna in June [ see p. 38985 ] . |