Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun prp] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT TOOK an average of 106 months to build the six nuclear power stations that were completed in the US last year . |
| 2 | 14.2 million pigs were slaughtered in the UK last year . |
| 3 | Cycling is cheap , it 's green , and it 's healthy … but despite the fact that over two million new bicycles were sold in the UK last year , less than three per cent of journeys are made by bike . |
| 4 | The Irishman also predicts a big future for rising star Brandeston who was injured in the Mackeson last month , and is hoping Cuddy Dale will soon be back in training for next year 's National . |
| 5 | The Government was defeated in the Commons last week over a Labour move requiring Britain 's 24 full representatives and 24 alternate representatives on the committee of the regions , an EC advisory body , to be elected councillors . |
| 6 | An estimated £51m was spent in the UK last year on nail products ; for many people , it seems , a well-turned hand is still incomplete without a coat of lacquer . |
| 7 | It was viewed by the BBFC last week in the wake of a storm of controversy over claims that the game depicted torture and mutilation . |
| 8 | I was DJing at the Hacienda last Wednesday and it closed at 2am : that was very weird . |
| 9 | ABSOLUT vodka , the third largest selling vodka and the 17th biggest-selling spirit brand worldwide , was imported to the UK last month , marketed by Rivalage . |
| 10 | The premise for the development of Ruby — which was launched in the US last month under the brand name Stellar ( the name may not be used outside America ) — was simple enough . |