Example sentences of "[adj] of last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half of last night , I thought about you , but a piece of the jigsaw was missing . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 3 | Requests received under the British Library Document Supply Centre 's back-up scheme have again dropped very significantly to 792 , less than half of last year 's requests . |
| 4 | Powder Byrne , which offers off-piste skiing courses as add-ons to its hotel and chalet holidays in the Swiss Alps , is a confirmed user , and has hit on the bright idea of recycling some of last winter 's footage as a low-key promotional device . |
| 5 | In case we do have a hard winter however , it might be worth potting up a few and over-wintering them , if you have n't already saved some of last year 's generously produced and well-ripened seed . |
| 6 | To test the new procedures , however , county hall decided to spend some of last year 's specific grant for mental illness on four new care managers . |
| 7 | The light was thickening but the twisted silvery grey trunks with their crusted bark showed up clearly against the long grass where some of last autumn 's apples still lay , puckered and brown . |
| 8 | Armagh oppose Cavan at the Athletic Grounds where the home side will include some of last year 's successful Minor outfit . |
| 9 | While some of last year 's stockpile has vanished , a lot of oil is still sloshing around in storage . |
| 10 | IT probably wo n't be enough to save them from relegation to Division II , but Dundee HSFP reproduced some of last season 's promotion-winning style in regaining much lost pride at Mayfield on Saturday . |
| 11 | Life gets even more complicated when the type is set across different widths , or ‘ measures ’ ( look at p 140 of last week 's issue ) . |
| 12 | The main rhythm part of this example is very similar to the walking bass idea that we saw in fig 2 of last month 's article . |
| 13 | The illustration of North America that appeared on page 22 of last week 's Bookseller came from Goode 's World Atlas , published by Rand McNally . |
| 14 | The rebuilding is still taking place , but while they perhaps lack Wigan 's all-round capability , some of the assurance that carried them so successfully through two-thirds of last season has looked to be returning , and they could possess the forward strength to disrupt Wigan 's composure . |
| 15 | The Jamaican-born centre-forward ( 37 ) spent much of last season at Spurs where he watched every home game . |
| 16 | Much of last week 's fiction space was given to a novelist who , to judge by his picture , certainly will not see 40 again , Louis Begley . |
| 17 | Played left back for much of last season but also midfielder . |
| 18 | Western diplomats had expected Mr Christopher to raise the issue of Syria 's tiny Jewish community , which was allowed to immigrate for much of last year , until Syria stopped granting exit visas . |
| 19 | There was also a healthy increase in margins at Bunzl 's biggest business — distributing disposable paper and plastic products — aided by its departure from paper trading , which also accounted for much of last year 's drop in sales . |
| 20 | King will be seeking to re-establish that winning consistency against a Southend team who have lost much of last season 's impressive drive . |
| 21 | King will be seeking to re-establish that winning consistency against a Southend team who have lost much of last season 's impressive drive . |
| 22 | TOP English side East Grinstead struggled to beat Ulster champions Holywood 2–1 at Jordanstown this morning … even though Holywood coach Norman Crawford had just six of last season 's regular side available . |
| 23 | One in 10 of last year 's 72,000 visitors was Japanese , so the trust has introduced information leaflets written in their native language in the expectation that among 87,000 visitors this year , at least 14 per cent will be from Japan . |
| 24 | With three of last season 's Halifax dissidents representing Bradford , and the famously short-fused Brendan Hill facing his former club , a small corner of Calderdale was positively incandescent . |
| 25 | Three of last week 's four murders , carried out with unbelievable brutality , were clearly intended to spread sectarian terror . |
| 26 | Three of last season 's popular Middlesbrough riders will return to the track . |
| 27 | Bell 's absence leaves Durham without three of last season 's stalwarts as Billingham 's Nick Walton is about to become an assistant professional at Barnard Castle and Darlington 's John Howson has retired from county golf . |
| 28 | This most unusual of last wills and testaments concluded , ‘ Till we meet again , giving the usual words of farewell a renewed vigour of meaning , ’ noted the reporter in the Noonday Gazette . |
| 29 | Some estimates put the close of year figure at 2,050 — 150 points lower than the worst of last week 's pessimists . |
| 30 | Lenihan , 32 , who made the first of his 52 international appearances against Australia in 1981 , missed all of last season 's Five Nations programme after an operation to repair damage to his neck . |