Example sentences of "and [pron] [was/were] [verb] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |
| 2 | and we were saying last year we could of done with having him for a bit |
| 3 | and we were informed last week that |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mr Edwards tells me : ‘ That relates to an old bill and it was settled last September . ’ |