Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] in the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notices warning of the dangers of thin ice were put up in the last few days when the lake froze over . |
| 2 | Before the surrounding land was built over in the last century and subsequently , you could have seen it from miles away in every direction . |
| 3 | ‘ When we split up I was really pissed off that we had n't achieved a lot of things we could have done , and that mood was coming through in the last records because it was depressing . |
| 4 | The scale of fees has been simplified and was set out in the last Q.T. notes ( gold paper again ) £12 per annum for teachers living within 50 miles of their training venue £10 per annum for those outside a 50 mile radius |
| 5 | A child was brought in in the last stages of diphtheria . |
| 6 | Niki had his way — in part — and the engine was tried out in the last four races of 1983 : with mixed results . |
| 7 | The Romanesque was taken over in the last two decades of the nineteenth century , when American railway-station building reached its apogee in masterpieces of creative eclecticism . |
| 8 | He experienced the joy of scoring Omagh 's first two goals in the opening period but had the opposite feelings of emotion when he was sent off in the last minute . |