Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] last six [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winner of the toss usually wound his string around his hand except for the last six inches , this ensured a good sharp and hard blow on the other conker . |
| 2 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ muttered Phoebe ; she was not going to tell this woman that for the last six months she had done practically nothing else . |
| 3 | The men claimed that for the last six weeks women and children had been ‘ assaulted and humiliated ’ during raids on houses in loyalist areas . |
| 4 | British Telecommunications Plc 's BT North America has announced deployment of 9.6Kbps local dial capabilities in 99 new US cities , meaning that during the last six months it has more than doubled its coverage . |
| 5 | The company says that in the last six months it has sold over 600 Ingres Search Accelerator add-on boards . |
| 6 | I guess that over the last six years television has given him only a quarter of her exposure . |
| 7 | The company was formed in 1982 and for the last six years , under the name of Touring Europe , has been mainly involved in taking plays in English to the Continent of Europe . |
| 8 | Charly Herscovici , who formerly assisted Georgette Magritte and for the last six years has managed the painter 's copyright and droit morale , explained how this could have come about . |
| 9 | Walking is a natural exercise for most people , and over the last six years the Health Education Department of Lothian Health Board with the help of SHEG , and the Recreation & Leisure Departments of East Lothian , Edinburgh , Midlothian and West Lothian , have promoted this to encourage family and friends to Walkaboutabit . |
| 10 | His dissertation was nearly finished but for the last six months he had almost stopped work on it and had devoted himself entirely to his passion , a crusade against nuclear power . |
| 11 | Richardson made 93 , but with the last six wickets going for just 30 West Indies were all out 235 , leaving England winners by 34 runs . |
| 12 | The stroke works well in boats of this length but in the last six years the average length of kayak has dropped by almost a metre . |
| 13 | But in the last six months his father 's image had begun to intrude on his consciousness at odd moments , in the middle of a meeting , across a boardroom table , in a gesture , the droop of an eyelid , the tone of a voice , the line of a speaker 's mouth , the shape of fingers splayed to an open fire . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I once said that the reason we went to America was to make money , but over the last six weeks I 've really changed my mind totally . |
| 15 | No , because over the last six years we 've actually gone from bottom of the pile to tenth from bottom . |