Example sentences of "[conj] by last " in BNC.
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1 | This meant that by last night individual investors had written cheques for at least £4.8billion , with counting still to finish . |
2 | And by last night , with the pound still falling below its permitted floor within the ERM , Mr Lamont was faced with two options — devalue or get out of Euro system . |
3 | On his release he had come straight-up to Moila , and by last weekend — it was possibly true enough — had not heard of his parents ' departure , but had thought he could go straight home . |
4 | City investors accepted shares on condition that all could be placed but by last night potential buyers had been found for only about half the stake . |
5 | Police said 21 bodies had been recovered as by last night and the final toll would not be clear until today . |