Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the spring tides rose , flowing into summer , the Island began to blossom : pots of geraniums appeared on window sills and girls sewed new ribbons on to last year 's straw hats . |
| 2 | Total cattle slaughterings in the province were 3pc down on last year but there were increased slaughterings of young bulls and steers . |
| 3 | Attendance figures reached 6,700 , some 10% up on last year . |
| 4 | A number of them were about 10% up on last year , and several were as much as 20% up . |
| 5 | The tie lines are so congested it is n't true , especially with accounts being at Stansted and apparently there has been a proposal in since last March with all the costings and everything which is still waiting on an answer for improved lines which would actually take some of the computer lines and everything . |
| 6 | Sumawe , who had a previous best of 2:15:26 and was an early Berlin pacemaker until a lace came loose , was then overhauled by the Soviet Muhamed Hamat Nazipov ( 2:14:04 and $9000 ) and Mohammed Salmi , an Algerian run over in last year 's race ( 2:14:19/$7000 ) but the Tanzanian 's 2:14:22 was also inside Jan Hurak 's previous 2:14:30 record . |
| 7 | ‘ Count de Sciorto has decided to take the wraps off at last , has he ? ’ |
| 8 | And perhaps her friend was right , Lisa thought to herself now as she sank back in her armchair in front of the gas fire , put her feet up at last and took a mouthful of her cocoa . |
| 9 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 10 | Profits are well up , cost reduction obviously played a major part in this and the F T group is er , fifty five percent up on last year and this is against the background of a five percent drop in advertisement volume and we have an eleven percent drop in advertisement volume from the continent of Europe erm , which of course does n't affect other national newspapers . |
| 11 | The million-hour award covered a two-year period up to last November , while the RoSPA bronze was for safety performance during 1992 . |
| 12 | Isabel had told her , unable to deny herself the relief of letting the truth out at last . |
| 13 | Some magnificent results have come in so far with Badenoch and Strathspey being 71% , Nithsdale 99% and East Lothian 100% up on last year . |
| 14 | ‘ Overall our four shops were about 17% up on last year ’ , though even with this boost , trading in the calendar year will be down on ‘ 91 . |
| 15 | HAMILTON Park , due to launch the Flat season in Scotland on Monday , yesterday revealed record prize money of just under half-a-million pounds for the months ahead — £105,000 up on last year . |
| 16 | Yet the fact is that Poland 's industrial production figures for March 1990 are 30% down on last year and the minister of labour , Jacek Kuron , forecasts 1.7m unemployed by the end of the year . |
| 17 | A Beginner 's Guide To Adventures costs a mere £3.00 , though regular readers can get it at 50p off with last month 's coupon . |
| 18 | The figure included for non-payment £28.04 is 50p up on last year . |
| 19 | ‘ Trade has been keeping up well , ’ said GUS 's deputy chairman Richard Pugh , with the average spend of its eight million UK customers up on last year . |
| 20 | Almost 120,000 people went through the turnstiles at Cheltenham this week ; that 's 7% down on last year . |
| 21 | Sabine got the seatbelt off at last , and heaved and dragged the woman , arms and legs trailing , clear of the car . |
| 22 | He has hopes for Japan : its investment in the Philippines up to last September was only $1.9 billion , compared with $13.4 billion in Indonesia . |
| 23 | Sales of Gateacre-made Spam are already 7% up on last year and the new campaign is aimed at increasing them even further . |
| 24 | Roast ( 100°C/200°F , gas mark 1 ) for one hour , turning breast up for last fifteen minutes . |
| 25 | At the Pitztal FIS downhill , which was held on a high glacier , we were up against none other than Peter Mueller , on the road back from last season 's devastating knee injury . |
| 26 | This averages out at £369 per person 2pc up on last year . |
| 27 | I 've also been in the situation at Old Trafford where we took just two points out of last 12 and still only lost the title by four points . ’ |
| 28 | Do we defend by attacking as we used to , or do we keep numbers back like last year ? |
| 29 | Let's cast our minds back to last weekend . |
| 30 | That he was sorting George out at last . |