Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [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 | The days will be long between now and March 31 when at last the organisation , a charity it is keen to stress , names its Brain of the Year . |
4 | ‘ Fifty up on last year ? |
5 | ‘ The target is a 25 per cent improvement on first time quality and we 're already well up on last year . ’ |
6 | With the average price likely to reach £80,000 , turnover should be well ahead of last year 's £127 million — down from £136 million in 1991 — of which £102 million came from houses . |
7 | And that now at last , they had found their perfect heroine , Jacqueline Kennedy . |
8 | Cracks within the Forum have been apparent ever since last June 's general election . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Stephen finished fifth overall in last year 's championship and although he won this round at the circuit last year , he will face tough competition from the mainland entrants . |
11 | Totals for the past six months , which is since the TV campaign started , are more than 15,000 up on last year . |
12 | WE NAME THE GUILTY MEN — was the Eye 's ‘ reptilian little shit ’ getting his own back at last . |
13 | yeah an and bra and G-string I went right right , then I said oh by the way I 'm not erm I 'm not doing house swimming this year , I 'm not going to give you the , the pleasure yeah right and they were going oh no you have to do it , you have to do it , I was going yeah right cos I do actually want that again like last year it was just such a nightmare . |
14 | This year we need to show a 5% increase but are currently 200 down on last year . |
15 | No , two together like last week |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Why has Mr Kohl spoken out now after keeping quiet ever since last year 's German unity treaty , which named Berlin as capital but left open where the government and parliament should be ? |
20 | 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 . |