Example sentences of "last [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the last instance we have social regression .
2 In this last instance we have social regression .
3 In the last chapter I outlined certain similarities between karate competition and boxing .
4 This week he urges a sound thrashing ; last month he recommended immediate castration .
5 ‘ He 's a drunkin' auld bigot. lust last week he beat bloody hell out of some old tramp all legless like and pissed over himself .
6 Last week it announced first-quarter contributions of £11.1m from CMB — the result of the £900m merger between Metal Box and the French Carnaud company .
7 Last year they met Civil Service in the preliminaries and the year before it was Muckross .
8 Now controlwise , we can look at various things , and I think last year we had various discussions on different things , but , naturally , you 're looking for smooth , positive control of the vehicle .
9 GDA is not a large operation , employing 130 people on two floors , but while planning its opening in July last year it paid close attention to making the restaurant a focal point .
10 In a speech in Oxford last weekend he stressed voluntary co-operation and diversity .
11 In a speech in Oxford last weekend he stressed voluntary co-operation and diversity .
12 She knew he was remembering the last time they had drunk Martinis together and what she had said to him then .
13 ‘ They take all sorts of fancy things to trade — brass basins , beads , looking glasses … last time I saw great bales of cotton stuffs , all red and blue and gold .
14 He looked at me and said ’ Last time I voted Liberal Democrat and the time before that I voted Liberal Democrat , but this time it 's serious so I 'm going to vote Tory . ’
15 But America does not look like a disorganised company most of whose workers do not have a boss ; or at least it did not the last time it deserved worldwide respect .
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