Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] was [verb] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SERC decided earlier last year to cut its budget for neutron sources by £5m and it was announced last November that the government would be renegotiating its contribution to the neutron source at the Institut Laue-Langevin ( ILL ) in Grenoble , France . |
| 2 | The company , which owns Spear & Jackson , the garden tools manufacturer , has been the subject of recurrent speculation for months , and it was fuelled last month when Neill announced a fall in pre-tax profits from £2.71m to just £28,000 in the first half . |
| 3 | Mr Edwards tells me : ‘ That relates to an old bill and it was settled last September . ’ |
| 4 | But he was taken last month to Bill Wightman 's gallops on the lovely downland on which the great Halloween was trained . |
| 5 | The board has also been having ongoing talks with potential investors , but it was understood last night that the present worrying situation remained unchanged . |
| 6 | The playground at Brockweir school has been deserted for over a year , once a 100 children were educated at this small village school , but it was closed last year because of declining numbers . |