Example sentences of "during [art] last few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | During the last few years there has been an increase in swinging and ground looping accidents and these must be analysed to see if there are new lessons to be learned . |
| 3 | Cutting down on your drinking , even during the last few months of your pregnancy , will help your baby to be healthy at birth . |
| 4 | Because Britain has been covered , during the last few weeks , with record levels of toxic and other dangerous substances . |
| 5 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days . |
| 6 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days , and found glowing ash — ‘ evidence ’ of destroyed papers . |
| 7 | They reported that lorry-loads of files and documents had been taken from the bunker during the last few days , and said they had found glowing ash as evidence that papers had been destroyed . |
| 8 | I was also surprised to hear that during the last few days her Premium Bond had won £5,000 . |
| 9 | The proportion saying they decided ‘ during the last few days ’ is nearly one in seven of all who voted on Thursday , and double the 1987 figure : 198319871992 Decided a long time ago788173 Two or three weeks ago141213 During the last few days 8 714 |
| 10 | The proportion saying they decided ‘ during the last few days ’ is nearly one in seven of all who voted on Thursday , and double the 1987 figure : 198319871992 Decided a long time ago788173 Two or three weeks ago141213 During the last few days 8 714 |
| 11 | During the last few years , Yugoslavia has been running a substantial surplus in its trade with the Soviet Union because , while there has been a sharp fall in the quantity of oil imported from the Soviet Union , as well as a fall in its price , the Yugoslavs have been unable to find other products worth buying from the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | It was swollen with the heavy rain that had fallen during the last few days , and it looked fierce and dark . |
| 13 | There 've been a lot of valuable plants and bulbs stolen from the Botanical Gardens during the last few weeks . |
| 14 | During the last few decades , despite the distress of individuals who are the victims of such social disorder , the problem has seemed relatively ‘ containable ’ in social terms . |
| 15 | Tony said he had felt happier after discharge from hospital and that his father had been less critical and more supportive during the last few days . |
| 16 | During the last few days before the event , as spectators arrived from , Ayrshire was busier than it had ever been in its history . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | During the last few years there has been a lot of publicity about food poisoning . |
| 19 | The estate and the businesses in Bradford have been allowed to run down during the last few years , while my father was not well . |
| 20 | Mary Ann was blind during the last few years of her life , and it had the quite understandable effect of making her very emotional ; she only had one set of grandchildren , and she made such a fuss of them : ‘ My Siddy ’ , she would say , as she stroked her young grandson 's cheek with tears in her eyes . |
| 21 | Unlike the somewhat parochial hip hop magazines that have proliferated during the last few years , Vibe 's vibe ( assessed through a preview issue , which may be misleading ) aims for a mixed appeal . |
| 22 | During the last few years , John Morley , of Rolls Royce , has prepared silica glass fibres ( with a composition different from Griffith 's glass ) with strengths rather over 2,000,000 p.s.i . |
| 23 | Patricia McQuigg , the mother of one of his friends , says : ‘ Luke practically lived at my house during the last few years he was at school . |
| 24 | ‘ During the last few weeks we have been to Kent for the filming . |
| 25 | for most of it , but not during the last few days |
| 26 | There was something approaching a ‘ moral panic ’ taking place in China during the last few years of the reform decade , exacerbated by the ‘ falling in love craze ’ and some of its unhealthy results . |
| 27 | His voice had changed during the last few words and she pushed him hard against the end of the settle as she said , ‘ No , they wo n't come running , but have you ever thought of you doin' the askin' ? |
| 28 | Again I was personally involved because I was one of White Waltham 's Commanding Officers during the last few years of my Service career . |
| 29 | During the last few years an increasing number of schools have adopted agreed policies for handwriting . |
| 30 | During the last few years there have been a number of discoveries suggesting that conodonts may be vertebrates . |