Example sentences of "it [verb] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it succeeded last night , courtesy of Iain Dowie 's excellent strike in the ninth minute of this World Cup Group Three game — and four world-class saves from Wright afterwards . |
| 2 | The newsletter rates HP the leading Unix vendor last year and expects it to consolidate its position this year with at least the 40% revenue increase it got last year on an 80% increase in shipped units . |
| 3 | The creature will run off if allowed to , assuming the form of the character it attacked last . |
| 4 | Racal proved this conclusively when it announced last spring that it was planning to sell off part of the Vodafone mobile telecoms operation . |
| 5 | It also has some integration work underway designed to tie-in its servers more closely with workstations from NeXT Computer , following the reseller agreement it announced last year . |
| 6 | Cords Plc manufactures a style of corduroy trousers that it sold last year at £18 each pair . |
| 7 | Following news that it was working on an open systems ‘ business specification ’ for commercial users and organisations ( UX No 373 ) , the X/Open Group Co Ltd is at last preparing make good some of the promises it made last year about giving users a bigger say in its affairs . |
| 8 | As I understand it , MacAlpine is likely to withdraw the planning application for limited working it made last year and concentrate on pursuing its Interim Development Order application with Dyfed County Council . |
| 9 | It beats last year 's record of 47 ( in Atlanta ) by 9 . |
| 10 | Vienna , Virginia-based Legent Corp warns that it expects to report net profit of about $18.4m or $0.52 per share for the second quarter ended Aprch 31 , compared with the $0.44 before charges that it reported last year ; turnover will be about flat with the $102.5m a year ago : the news caused a bloodbath in the Legent share price , which slumped 16% , $6.125 , to land up at $33.25 . |
| 11 | It is evident in the vitality of the arts — hardly a city in the country now lacks for an international festival — and it contributed last year to the remarkable election of Mary Robinson , only in her mid-40s and impatient with old ways , to the ( largely honorary ) post of president . |
| 12 | In the 1970s it turned over more than £50 million , but it sank last year after an unsuccessful relaunch . |
| 13 | It surfaced last year during the trial of Frank Beck , former head of a Leicestershire children 's home , who used it to abuse young people in his care both sexually and physically . |
| 14 | Reputedly in poor condition when it surfaced last year ‘ glossed and cleaned up ’ was one description the painting has been consigned from the Wernher Collection at Luton Hoo , Bedfordshire . |
| 15 | No there are n't , I had it done last year at erm , oh what 's it called , , Sidcup . |
| 16 | I 've seen it done last week , . |
| 17 | In the vote on the NUM motion three factors helped to tip the balance in favour of the Labour leadership : the NUM lacked the support it commanded last month at Blackpool from Nalgo , the local government officers ' union , since the latter is not affiliated to the party ; the pro-nuclear EETPU , absent from Blackpool since its expulsion from the TUC , cast its votes in favour of the leadership 's stance ; and Ucatt , the construction union , previously in favour of the 15-year deadline , has recently withdrawn its opposition to the policy review plan . |
| 18 | Logix UK Ltd , Redhill , Surrey , the computer division of Korean giant Lucky Goldstar 's London-based international operation , is threatening to sue Logitek over the the Logix name — used for the conference event it hosted last week , as well as figuring in its on-going marketing plans for the coming year . |
| 19 | I 'm only — I wo n't say glad , no , that would be quite the wrong word , but , shall I say relieved , that it happened last night . ’ |
| 20 | It happened last Thursday evening when Elizabeth and I and your two brothers , Ernest and William , went for a walk outside the city . |
| 21 | It rained last night . |
| 22 | It opened last night with a jazz session , but tonight the focus turns to bluegrass and Irish traditional tunes . |
| 23 | That 's now open , it opened last month . |
| 24 | The 80860 also formed the basis of Oki Electric 's server line until it folded last month . |
| 25 | The only ‘ clean ’ greyhound in the race , run at Canterbury this month , was the 5–2 favourite and it finished last . |
| 26 | The £50,000 it raised last year will help to pay for a researcher at the Department of Cancer Studies at Birmingham University . |
| 27 | Productivity Computer Solutions Ltd of Wakefield , Yorkshire has both the Hewlett-Packard and the Sun Microsystems Inc versions of Liken under an agreement that it signed last week . |
| 28 | I 'm not trying to tell my life story , I have n't got one yet ( perhaps it began last week ? ) |
| 29 | The show has failed to appear in any TV popularity charts and eight of the original cast of virtual unknowns have been axed since it began last summer . |
| 30 | How much did it cost last time ? |