Example sentences of "[adj] [adv prt] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be agreeable to report that on at last sighting the ocean I , like Vasco Núñez , promptly prayed a lot , rejoiced even more , cut down a fine tree and erected a cross , then had the expedition secretary carefully write down the names of all my companions for posterity . |
| 2 | ‘ Registrations are running about 300 up on last year ; average prices have been £300 to £500 up on the previous year ; and our commercial customers have been taking top prices for finished Limousin crosses at markets through the UK . |
| 3 | ‘ Fifty up on last year ? |
| 4 | ‘ The target is a 25 per cent improvement on first time quality and we 're already well up on last year . ’ |
| 5 | John Swinney , a Scottish National Party vice-convener , said that while any fall in the unemployment figures was welcome , the figures were 17,000 up on last year . |
| 6 | Totals for the past six months , which is since the TV campaign started , are more than 15,000 up on last year . |
| 7 | WE NAME THE GUILTY MEN — was the Eye 's ‘ reptilian little shit ’ getting his own back at last . |
| 8 | This year we need to show a 5% increase but are currently 200 down on last year . |
| 9 | GRANVILLE AGAIN , travelling well when falling two out in last month 's Champion Hurdle , stylishly underlined his credentials to be considered a most unlucky loser that day when taking yesterday 's Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr . |
| 10 | Absolutely cruising when falling two out in last year 's contest , the chestnut has also been below-par this term , but freshened by a three-month break , can arrive fast and late to claim the crown . |
| 11 | The Grand National day attendance of 55,383 was nearly 1,000 down on last year and the total attendance over the three days , 87,859 , was also marginally down on 1991 . |
| 12 | Reported car crimes in Oxford are running at 600 per month ; car crime has doubled in the past four years , constituting one third of all crime reported in the city , and this year 's figures are one third up on last year 's . |