Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days . |
| 2 | They are DEVOTED to each other — she 's seeing a toy boy and he 's had a mistress for the last fourteen years |
| 3 | Mrs Simmons , a photographer for the last 15 years , also achieved one of two merits from the BIPP for a photograph of the Cornmill centre in Darlington . |
| 4 | They 'd been sharing a cell for the last two years . |
| 5 | A downstairs room , once his study , had been turned into a bedroom for the last few months , and his bed faced the french windows leading into the garden he loved so well . |
| 6 | ‘ A study for the last head he ever made , ’ said Isambard , watchful and patient at his shoulder . |
| 7 | A gig which saw The Smiths performing as a five-piece for the last time . |
| 8 | Diana , herself a keen sailor despite being confined to a wheelchair for the last 45 years , hopes the boat will encourage more disabled people onto the water . |
| 9 | Diana Campbell , herself a keen sailor despite being confined to a wheelchair for the last 45 years , dreamt up the idea of a specially adapted dinghy sailing boat in the early seventies , and persuaded Roderick Macalpine-Downie to design it . |
| 10 | Joan 's husband suffers from motor neurone disease , is very weak and has been in a wheelchair for the last nine years , almost totally dependent on her for physical care . |
| 11 | It is , however , necessary to hand over a receipt for the last rental instalment in respect of the assignment of leasehold property . |
| 12 | As anyone who has n't been in a coma for the last ten years knows as much anyway , why bother ? |
| 13 | Giant London toy shop Hamleys has been getting more than 500 calls a day for the last two weeks from people asking about Thunderbird toys . |
| 14 | I 've been promising myself a drink for the last couple of hours … ’ |
| 15 | we 're in a real mess on transport in this country — largely because we have n't had a policy for the last fourteen years . |
| 16 | That 's what I 've been doing six days a week for the last four or five weeks . |
| 17 | Because if they do n't know about it the mother or the father of that child will no doubt be coming along screaming I 've been getting twenty five pounds a week for the last ten years and I 've child on my own now . |
| 18 | I 've had around two or three calls a week for the last few months . |
| 19 | I was frozen in a glacier for the last three million years . |
| 20 | The bulletin will include a summary for the last 24 hours , the worst level in the week and the latest 24 hour forecast . |
| 21 | Er so you want a bugler for the Last Post . |
| 22 | ‘ The person who put this together must have been living in a box for the last 10 years . ’ |
| 23 | Yeah , I know , she 's had a hell of a well for the last two or three years . |
| 24 | She 's very sorry you are n't well , but not surprised ; apparently she 's been urging you to take a holiday for the last two years . ’ |
| 25 | Strong words when you consider the market in cholesterol-lowering drugs has expanded by 34.4 per cent a year for the last five years . |
| 26 | She puts her intellect to work on why she 's been such a pain for the last 50 years , and ends up a little less smug and a lot less married . |