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The "Hills" are the home of contrasts, of blood-feuds that last until the last-but-one man dies, and of friendships that no crime or need or slander can efface.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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You have to wonder how cheerful US fiction would be if we'd lost 50 million people in the previous century due to government ineptitude, and another 50 million in the last-but-one due to a civil war.
Reviews Too Late: Lust, Caution Walter Jon Williams 2009
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I didn't know you were in the last-but-one episode of ` B5. '
The Death of Episodic Television Lou Anders 2007
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Sure, Alastair Darling is a much-ridiculed, much-villified Chancellor of the Exchequer but so too was the last-but-one Scottish Chancellor.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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That last-but-one cake looks less like a horse than an aardvark.
Why Beat a Dead Horse... Jen 2009
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Sure, Alastair Darling is a much-ridiculed, much-villified Chancellor of the Exchequer but so too was the last-but-one Scottish Chancellor.
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It was the last-but-one occasion I would see my father alive.
Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008
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It was the last-but-one occasion I would see my father alive.
Fathers & Sons Richard Madeley 2008
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The last-but-one DVD he thrust into K's hands saying "OMG YOU MUST WATCH THIS" turned out to be a strange anime version of Blade Runner minus Harrison Ford being witty.
Dust Forms Words 100 Must-See Movies: 81 to 90 Greg Tannahill 2008
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The last-but-one was found several years earlier by Sharrow, and handed over to a university.
I’m As Surprised As Anyone That I’ve Been Keeping Up With This… « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2007
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