Example sentences of "for the last [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 2 February 1799 Parson Woodforde , by then in Norfolk , wrote in his diary : ‘ Such severe weather has not been known for the last sixty years till the present ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ At the PGA championship two weeks ago I putted cack handed for the last nine holes and I did quite well . |
| 3 | They manhandled her out of the vehicle and through the front doors , down the corridor and into the small , windowless and empty room that had become her home for the last nine hours . |
| 4 | BOYZ II MEN are America 's hottest new band , with a single End Of The Road , which has been at No.1 there for the last NINE weeks , |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When Lewis moved his teaching from Oxford to Cambridge in 1954 , for the last nine years of his life , the drama of that confrontation was somewhat intensified , and it was not always noticed in the heat of debate how much they shared . |
| 7 | Of its $6.5 million annual budget , the CAM gets less than $175,000 from city and state government , yet has managed to operate in the black for the last nine years . |
| 8 | For the last nine years he has lived outside work time as a brunette , Diane , and has helped counsel others . |
| 9 | The aerospace team in Celomer has been working hard for the last nine years to get Deutsche Airbus approval for paints supplied from Celomer , and one year ago Celomer secured the first 100 tons contract . |
| 10 | ‘ Then it must have been two other people that have been kissing on our front porch for the last nine months . |
| 11 | He has informed his doctors and begun the painful process to negate the effects of the hormones he has taken for the last nine months . |
| 12 | Julie Peeke , chairwoman of Red Hall Community Centre for the last nine months , sent in her resignation after the committee decided to end postal votes at the centre 's annual general meeting . |
| 13 | Sergeant Nafi is a Turkish Cypriot policeman Who has accompanied these patrols for the last fourteen years . |
| 14 | I am 59 years of age and for the last fourteen years I have had curly perms . |
| 15 | They are DEVOTED to each other — she 's seeing a toy boy and he 's had a mistress for the last fourteen years |
| 16 | Obviously it affected me personally because my father 's condition was similar for the last fourteen years of his life . |
| 17 | Anne Lister was for the last fourteen years of her life the owner and occupant of Shibden Hall in Halifax . |
| 18 | trade unionism has been failing in this country for the last fourteen years . |
| 19 | For the last fourteen years the trade union movement has shouldered the blame for the Labour Party 's dismal showing in the general elections . |
| 20 | This woman 's been coming from Holland every year for the last fourteen years |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Overall , the average number of theses per year is ‘ , but the average for the last 10 year period is 32 . |
| 23 | As Strachan was clearly knackered at the end of it , I thought he could have had a run out for the last 10 mins or so . |
| 24 | In the village I have known for the last 10 years , they openly regret that things were better under Marcos . |
| 25 | FOR THE last 10 years or so the British insurance community has attracted an enormous amount of takeover activity . |
| 26 | There might have been considerable constitutional difficulties if it had turned out that , for the last 10 years , Britain had been ruled by a Martian , or a robot , or a vampire . |
| 27 | And he added : ‘ If I were an American , I would be saying thank goodness there have been some musicals to keep Broadway alive for the last 10 years . ’ |
| 28 | For the last 10 years I have worked to create environments for the millions of pilgrims who come to Saudi Arabia . |
| 29 | Colonel John Wilson has given the club immense service , having been President for the last 10 years immediately following 23 years as Match Secretary . |
| 30 | ‘ The person who put this together must have been living in a box for the last 10 years . ’ |