Example sentences of "be for [art] last [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 . ’
2 ‘ Ethel turned me into a frog and that 's where I 've been for the last day , and it was her fault .
3 If our climate continues to be as mild as it has been for the last couple of winters we may yet challenge our French and German competitors ! ’
4 Where has she been for the last decade ?
5 It was only when everyone rose to their feet , shook hands and made a beeline for the cooking tent — where , it emerged , Balvinder Singh had been for the last half-hour — that I realized that the ceremony was over .
6 ‘ Yes , it has been for the last hour . ’
7 My suit case was ready packed and had been for the last week .
8 It might be for the last time . ’
9 She climbed into the carriage knowing it would perhaps be for the last time ; maintaining the horses and the grooms was a luxury she would have to forgo .
10 She knew that if she were whirled down again it would be for the last time .
11 This is my speech , not the hon. Gentleman 's , and I warn him that if I give way now it will be for the last time .
12 of the records were for the last week of April and the first two of May .
13 One possible solution is for the last step in the procedure to be the subject of a strict time limit .
14 When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time .
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