Example sentences of "last [noun sg] [verb] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But they have long since vanished from Ireland , Fergus , and it may be that I will be the last Queen to have seen them and heard them . |
| 2 | The Royal Commission Report of 1978 ( Royal Commission on the NHS , 1978 ) identified them , and the last decade has seen several initiatives to develop improved financial information and to overcome them . |
| 3 | The last decade has seen the growth of orchids and other sub-tropical flowers for export . |
| 4 | The last decade has seen an increasingly interventionist approach by Her Majesty 's Inspectors of Education ( HMI ) , by officials of the Department of Education and Science ( DES ) and by individual Secretaries of State . |
| 5 | In attempts to obtain alternative estimates of crime levels but also to gain information on various topics such as fear of crime , attitudes to the police , public views on punishment and impact of crime , the last decade has seen the proliferation of the crime survey in Britain . |
| 6 | The last decade has seen considerable historical research into the origins and development of the English Police concentrating overwhelmingly , on the early years 1829-1856 . |
| 7 | The last decade has seen substantial development in macroeconomic theory . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't kill him , but I 'm probably the last person to have seen him alive . |
| 9 | And I seem to be the last person to have seen him . ’ |
| 10 | England and South Africa officials were last night negotiating to see if ‘ God Save The Queen ’ , originally omitted from the Twickenham song-sheet at the request of the SARU , can be reinstated because of the dismay and fury among England supporters . |
| 11 | The great bulk of those who thronged Emmett place last night wanted to see the film , and they outnumbered protestors by a minimum of ten to one . |
| 12 | I , like so many others , turned up at ‘ Little Dublin ’ last week expecting to see a good game between the Crues and the Super Whites , but there were groans all round when ‘ Mister Carryduff ’ ran on to officiate . |
| 13 | She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself . |
| 14 | Mr Gummer said last year had seen an 11 per cent recovery in farm incomes , there were encouraging signs for the future and farmers could be cautiously optimistic about the year ahead . |
| 15 | I was trying last year to try to see if I could get a erm an Indian , you know when we sort of do looking at Asia |
| 16 | The last year has seen a number of developments which we hope will provide the basis for greater student participation in the Institute . |