Example sentences of "last [num] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a fine run of only one defeat in the last eight matches has propelled them back into contention in a duel that looks set to go to the last game . |
| 2 | However , the Dragons have not scored in nearly 12 hours of football without him , taking just one point from the last eight games to sink back into the bottom three . |
| 3 | Their debacle against Essex , when the last eight wickets went down in the final 20 overs to Mark Ilott and John Childs , reflected a temperamental flaw that has repeatedly dogged the county . |
| 4 | Then on the second day , when the pitch should have been easier , only Richards , with 51 , looked convincing and the last eight wickets fell steadily . |
| 5 | So Waqar , with this old , old ball , under cloud cover , had taken 5 for 13 in 38 balls , and with Munton pad-batting Mushtaq , England 's last six batsmen had made two runs between them , and the last eight wickets had dropped for a mere 28 runs . |
| 6 | Then the irresistible left-armer grabbed — for once the tabloids ' second-favourite verb is surely the best — three wickets in four balls to end England 's innings for 175 , the last eight wickets having tumbled for 67 , Inzamam 's low-left slip catch to dismiss DeFreitas being outstanding . |
| 7 | The last eight miles had been the worst up to that point , and yet I had gone faster than ever before . |
| 8 | Erm , I mean , all in all they did , they did get the final result , the scene came together right from the last eleven minutes to achieve the result , but it was just there was a lot of confusion at the beginning of the start . |
| 9 | In fact , none of the popular British names in the frequency lists in the last 75 years has had an unstressed initial syllable . |
| 10 | ‘ Black people in America and internationally within the last 500 years have been put under what I call a policed state , ’ comments Singleton . |
| 11 | VIA also has to pay heavily to use the tracks and it is almost universally agreed that CP in particular has spent the last 12 years over-charging and trying to find ways of clearing the passenger trains from the path of its lucrative freights . |
| 12 | Cleveland 's total bill for school vandalism over the last 12 months rocketed after an arson attack on Greengates School , Redcar , when £800,000 worth of damage was caused . |
| 13 | For the last five years I 've been doing this series , for the last 12 months sharing it with Ed Douglas , and in all that time there 's been the rain . |
| 14 | Last night a highly placed source said the last 12 months had spelt the end of the marriage . |
| 15 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |
| 16 | As expected , having had both a spell of registered unemployment in the last 12 months and also no full time job in the last 12 months contributes adversely to the individual 's chances of obtaining an offer . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken over the last 12 months to promote the carrying of organ transplant donor cards ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 18 | Crucial role Highlights of the last 12 months include the launch of the Government 's Investors in People initiative in September , the opening of the Business Growth Centre in February and the spectacular inaugural Trainee and Business Awards ceremony in March . |
| 19 | As one of the innumerable Government reports to emerge in the last 12 months confirms , the best part of one million people now earn their living , directly or indirectly , from sports and leisure orientated activities . |
| 20 | One of Britain 's most happening hip hop crews in the last 12 months has been Ronin , whose multi-media interests are now more fully embracing clothing . |
| 21 | The last 12 months have seen further dramatic growth for ACET at home and overseas . |
| 22 | New areas of safety responsibility transferred to the HSE within the last 12 months have increased and influenced its specialist research work . |
| 23 | He left Forest three years ago in a £1.5m deal and although he was an immediate success in United 's midfield , the last 12 months have turned sour . |
| 24 | Unfortunately all the evidence of the last 12 months suggests that while Gooch 's batting ability remains invaluable , England would do better under a more imaginative skipper , if one could only be found . |
| 25 | The last thirty-six hours had held too many unpleasant shocks for comfort . |
| 26 | LaBudde documented for the first time , on video and in his diaries , the suffering and death of thousands of dolphins in a tuna fishing practice known as ‘ fishing on porpoise' ’ , which has over the last 30 years killed between 6 and 12 million dolphins in the eastern Pacific . |
| 27 | Despite much discussion these days of the ‘ entrepreneurial personality , ’ few of the entrepreneurs with whom I have worked during the last 30 years had such personalities . |
| 28 | The Human Development Report 1992 released by the UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) on April 23 showed that the doubling of income disparities over the last 30 years had enabled " the richest 20 per cent of the world 's people [ to become ] … at least 150 times more than the poorest 20 per cent " . |
| 29 | The great steps forward taken over the last 30 years have not been undone . |
| 30 | There is no reliable estimate of abundance for the franciscana , although the incidental gill-net kill of tens of thousands of dolphins over the last 30 years has undoubtedly significantly reduced the total population . |