Example sentences of "for the last [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 2 | He 's been sitting on the bench for the last hour and has never once taken his eyes off the shop . |
| 3 | For the last hour or so Lewis ground it out with Smith , the Notts man restrained to the tune of eight runs in 19 overs , Smith reaching a 101-ball fifty . |
| 4 | He mounted the horse he had led for the last hour or so and walked it cautiously down into Buttermere which he entered with the utter conviction that he had been there before . |
| 5 | For the last year or so he 's gained a reputation as ‘ Jack the sniper ’ . |
| 6 | They have n't been as much part of my life as I would like , because for the last year or so it has been more or less taken up by the future of the channel . |
| 7 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |
| 8 | 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 … |
| 9 | He went away a lot , with his work , but he 's been back with us for the last year or so , off and on . ’ |
| 10 | Mrs Abercrombie has been incontinent for the last year and is unsuitable , now , for one of our houses . |
| 11 | A little company in Golden , Colorado has been working on its own version of Unix for the last year and half , this one called Usix . |
| 12 | 28–8–1866 Norman McLeod , an Elder , had ceased to attend public worship for the last year and two other Elders were sent to find out why , " when he assigned as reasons several charges against the Minister , that his preaching was neither law nor Gospel ; that he considered him aiming at himself personally in his preaching . " |
| 13 | But it wo n't be that much because I 've been out of things for the last year and before that I had shut my eyes anyway . |
| 14 | he was a development manager , I 've been giving 'em earache for the last year and a half , saying , you are falling behind man . |
| 15 | I 'm not sure whether the change in areas was the reason for the last flurry or whether they had just been triggered by instinct and gone on the feed . |
| 16 | The Americans came ‘ over there ’ for the last act and the curtain came down in Belgium where it had all begun four horrific years before . |
| 17 | It is only for the last century and a half that a direct picture becomes a convincing possibility . |
| 18 | That is strange , for the boat was moored for the last night and the river was calm . |
| 19 | They have both carried the burden of bearing the brunt for Britain in international competition for the last decade and more . |
| 20 | Luke waited for the last call and was then at length guided , with much unreturned civility , into the plane 's nose . |
| 21 | The Dutch , like England at Wembley last month , struggled at times to break through against a side reduced to ten men for the last half-hour after William Guerra was sent off . |
| 22 | The bantering tone remained in Surere 's voice but he added edge to it for the last word or two . |
| 23 | He said he 'd been followed for the last week or so . |
| 24 | But for the last week or two he 's had to use a bigger bag . |
| 25 | She 's been away for the last week or so |
| 26 | Mowbray was frustrated over Achilles tendon and ankle injuries , and was suspended for the last game when Celtic suffered an embarrassing home defeat to Hibs . |
| 27 | Crossing for the last time that stretch of dusty plain which lay between Krishnapur and the railhead , the Collector experienced more strongly than ever before the vastness of India ; he realized then , because of the widening perspective , what a small affair the siege of Krishnapur had been , how unimportant , how devoid of significance . |
| 28 | Playing tunes that bring a smile to my face and a sentimental tear to my eye , for the last time that I heard them was the day of the first Gittel 's wedding . |
| 29 | Years later when I saw John Sayers of West New Houses for the last time before he unfortunately died , I mentioned that I was planning to start riding my bike again , and he was most amused . |
| 30 | They were watching the camp pack away for the last time before it moved on without them . |