Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be [verb] last [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And it has repeatedly bragged that its fighters have been responsible for the mounting attacks on policemen , 226 of whom were killed last year .
2 Three of them were sacked last month , leaving Mark Franklin and Tony Dorie as hosts .
3 Cycling , like walking , is one of the best ways of seeing and enjoying the countryside , and mountain bikes have proved to be the latest and most popular method of ‘ green ’ transport : over 1 million of them were sold last year .
4 The British Museum 's collection , much of which was collected last century or in the early half of this century , was shown by TL to contain some twenty forgeries , most of which had , in recent years , been suspected to be modern .
5 It follows the company 's 1.6″ high 0663 , 250,000 of which were shipped last year according to IBM .
6 Like all Mercantile and General-owned farms , two of which were sold last year and a fourth is also under offer , it had been well-maintained .
7 ‘ It has to do with what was said last time I was here . ’
8 A new scientific report casts doubt over evidence which led to them being cleared last year of running a bomb factory .
9 So that is the position as it was agreed last time and this report really says that .
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