Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would not have known it was here , unless we had carried out the exercise last night . |
| 2 | They cut off the electricity last week . |
| 3 | You were staying at the Imperial when I phoned you to set up the interview last week . |
| 4 | ‘ You are probably right but , honest , when I checked out the beach last month the waves were only two feet high ! ’ |
| 5 | Such was their condition — they were pulled off the ice last week ‘ more dead than alive ’ — that Sir Ranulph and Dr Stroud were off to the Army Personnel Research Establishment for tests on the way their bodies held up to it all . |
| 6 | Steve Lewis , who won a Welsh Schools cap from Albertillery GS at scrum-half and went on to gain an Oxford Blue in 1973 and play for Ebbw Vale and Bath , was approached and took on the job last summer . |
| 7 | went down the gym last night , first time in about three weeks . |
| 8 | Taylor , the stand-in Australian captain , has now had two wins and a tie since taking over the helm last week from the injured Allan Border . |
| 9 | it feels like , I went up the club last week and there , cos er , we did n't come in here and er |
| 10 | The Bishop , who only took up the post last march , was advised by the Archbishop of Canterbury to take a rest from his official duties . |
| 11 | Ouseley , who took up the post last week , was Britain 's first black local authority chief executive , appointed in Lambeth three years ago . |
| 12 | Mr Chris Brasher , the race chairman , cleared up the confusion last night , saying : ‘ There was a misunderstanding . |
| 13 | In spite of many buckets of water , it gave up the struggle last summer and had to be cut down . |
| 14 | The company which carried out the job last night refused to comment . |