Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Peyton has the right to stick to his guns and he 's disinclined to give in after the majority he won last time . |
| 2 | It was felt that the Stand we had last year was well worthwhile . |
| 3 | In the vote on the NUM motion three factors helped to tip the balance in favour of the Labour leadership : the NUM lacked the support it commanded last month at Blackpool from Nalgo , the local government officers ' union , since the latter is not affiliated to the party ; the pro-nuclear EETPU , absent from Blackpool since its expulsion from the TUC , cast its votes in favour of the leadership 's stance ; and Ucatt , the construction union , previously in favour of the 15-year deadline , has recently withdrawn its opposition to the policy review plan . |
| 4 | President Richard von Weizsäcker , often able to set the tone , has been unusually reticent since the storm he created last year by urging that the government should move from Bonn to Berlin ( an issue that remains undecided ) . |
| 5 | This concludes Mr Birdwood 's article and again many thanks to him for the talk he gave last March and for permission to reprint same . |
| 6 | ‘ Didya read the script I brought last week ? ’ |
| 7 | All the examples continue the work we began last month by featuring double stops that have been derived from chords . |
| 8 | Could it be that his wife Elizabeth , who was secretary of labour until three months ago , wanted another push in the campaign she launched last May ? |
| 9 | Wake , junior ABA champion and defending his schools title against the boy he beat last year , Roger Campbell , of Hampshire , found it hard going against a shorter but stockier opponent and had to survive being hurt in a tough second round before being given a majority decision . |
| 10 | That 's the question we asked last week , well because they 're chairman of the board . |
| 11 | Erm the team we beat last week |
| 12 | I find a little difficulty in understanding the basis of your argument Mr , given the point you made last week about the need for Yo North Yorkshire as a whole to cater for one hundred percent migration , so as to make adequate provision for those coming from Leeds . |
| 13 | The desire of the Cambridge Boat Club to win this year began the evening they lost last year . |
| 14 | ‘ So the behaviour you described last time — following Susie 's movements , going through her things — is your way of trying to make her stay ? ’ asked the counsellor . |
| 15 | Milan , inevitably , are strong favourites to retain the title they won last season , especially after signing new stars Papin and Lentini . |
| 16 | Parrott , the world number two , is hoping to retain the title he won last year . |
| 17 | The travelling fans voted the Newport Road hostelry as the best pub of the 50-plus they visited last season . |
| 18 | I find some difficulty in understanding the argument that 's coming from Leeds City Council , bearing in mind the emphasis you placed last week . |
| 19 | As a matter of fact I 've been I 've got a book now from the library we got last week that er about Moseley and er and his daughter , and it 's good . |
| 20 | We th to rehearse a little bit of the debate we had last time on speed cameras , th there was erm discussion about who should fund the camera themselves because being a , the Department of Transport and Home Office recommendation , that they should be funded by the police , but because of Mr 's question at full Council and the wish of this committee to spend some of this additional money if you like , or in ninety three four for safety related measures , it was thought wise to combine the two and actually try and fund a trial er package of speed cameras cos it 's , it 's about six sites and one camera , from the ninety three four budget that we 've actually found . |
| 21 | ‘ It wo n't shake the football world if we beat Torquay — but I want a repeat of the feeling we had last year after beating Walsall . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm prepared to double the offer I made last time . ’ |
| 23 | However , questions about the meaning of sentences , such as ’ Who did he mean by the woman he saw last night ? ’ can usually only be answered with reference to facts about the world , i.e. , the specific denotation . |
| 24 | And that were the mistake he made last time . |
| 25 | They have come to reinforce the message they left last time . |
| 26 | The message they will tell the world is that recovery really is about to show — but they will be conscious this is the message they broadcast last year too . |
| 27 | Johnston said : ‘ We met with the man we want last night and he has agreed to join the club . |
| 28 | The reason I went last year it was Birmingham , May . |
| 29 | Now the reason I mention last year 's events , is that I suspect that the same arguments are gon na be trotted out again . |
| 30 | ‘ The reason I rang last night is that I had a message from your publishers , ’ he went on . |