Example sentences of "last few [noun pl] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ballater , in the last few minutes of his visit , praised his performance as a pianist and the atmosphere became more cordial . |
| 2 | The helmet allowed us to have the last few hours of his life together before his airlift to hospital , and this would not have been possible otherwise . |
| 3 | Standing on the landing , she took a moment or two to compose herself , then walked the last few feet to his mother 's room . |
| 4 | It 's impossible to say which city Bashlachev belonged to because he was raised in the northern town of Cherepovets , studied at Sverdlovsk University and spent the last few years of his life wandering between Moscow , Leningrad and Siberia . |
| 5 | In the last few years of his life William 's grandad had finally found employment in a growth industry — he was a volunteer with the Victims Support Scheme , and a lot of the mourners were people from the office , or victims of muggings and burglaries that he 'd helped to put on their feet again . |
| 6 | He had his own rooms and spent the last few years of his life reading and receiving a stream of aristocratic visitors , including the princess of Wales , venturing forth occasionally for trips to the theatre organized through the actress Madge Kendal [ q.v . ] . |
| 7 | Murrells spent ten years in the reserve , kept there for the last few years against his will because Mitchell considered him indispensable . |
| 8 | The drunk lifted his bottle and shook the last few drops into his throat . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you for all the help you gave to us and to Bob during the last few days of his illness — I only wish we 'd been put in touch with ACET sooner . |
| 10 | Will the Minister give a guarantee in the last few days of his Government that none of those elderly people will have their home repossessed ? |
| 11 | He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature : his last few weeks before his death from cancer , which he fought uncomplainingly and with great courage , were spent in devising an entertainment , ‘ The French Revolution through British Eyes ’ , for the RSL . |
| 12 | How can a dealer spend his last few weeks in his present firm most productively ? |
| 13 | In fact , we only meet this good man in the last few months of his life . |
| 14 | That their father 's death must be a relief to her elder sister was obvious , for Major O'Brien had been hopelessly paralysed for years , and during the last few months of his life had been unable to speak . |
| 15 | And she had made Paddy happy in the last few months of his life . |
| 16 | Only in the last few months of his pontificate , before his promotion to York , did Bothe recognize the duke 's local interests by appointing ducal servants to office within the bishopric , not only at Crayke ( which lay within the duke 's sphere of influence in the forest of Galtres ) , but within County Durham itself , where Gloucester 's retainer John Redmane was made bailiff of Bishop Auckland . |
| 17 | Only in the last few months of his pontificate , before his promotion to York , did Bothe recognize the duke 's local interests by appointing ducal servants to office within the bishopric , not only at Crayke ( which lay within the duke 's sphere of influence in the forest of Galtres ) , but within County Durham itself , where Gloucester 's retainer John Redmane was made bailiff of Bishop Auckland . |
| 18 | Nicholas Ridley retired from the house of commons at the last election after his outspoken remarks over Europe , he took a peerage and spent the last few months of his life in the House of Lords . |