Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on the last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I fear that does not even begin to address our concern the assurances which were given on the last occasion about the Home Secretary 's attitude by the Noble Earl Lord which will no doubt be repeated later this afternoon , will of course hold good only for as long as Mr Howard is Home Secretary . |
2 | Amidst patriotic excitement , it was won on the last stage by a Frenchman , Jean Robic . |
3 | Sarah 's daughter was born on the last day of September . |
4 | So everything was riding on the last day … |
5 | A communiqué was released on the last day of the sixth plenary session of the 13th Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) central committee which met on March 9-12 . |