Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heffers ' sales were up 6 or 7% on last December : ‘ Christmas was n't marvellous , but it did n't turn out as badly as one feared it might , ’ reported Mark Wait . |
| 2 | The Scottish Office decided on Wednesday or Thursday of last week to transfer that question under the priority written procedure to the Secretary of State for Transport . |
| 3 | Cos I was Mary wanted to go and see Si Simply Red at G MEX , and last weekend we co or weekend before last when they were on , their big , er we could n't because I had the kids Friday night and the two of them Saturday night and it , that was the two nights . |
| 4 | The barrio was a place where I felt freer than anywhere else in Salamanca , for it was really a land outside the law , where outcasts at last could feel at home . |
| 5 | The twist to this story is that it was only when the gods lost patience and threatened to draw a veil of darkness across the proceedings , leaving me stranded high and wet ( and rather chilled ) on one of the most rugged landscapes in the land , that I at last took the chance and accepted the offer that had been proffered . |
| 6 | It was only in October 1714 that Barcelona at last surrendered to Philip V after a long siege . |
| 7 | By Val Woan WIRRAL-based Park Food the country 's leading packer of Christmas hampers has unwrapped record profits of more than £10m for last year . |
| 8 | It was not until January that EMI at last rid themselves of the Sex Pistols — ‘ in view of the adverse publicity generated over the last two months ’ , as an official statement put it — and at a cost of £50,000 in settlement . |
| 9 | Compare and contrast with last week 's statement by Auberon Waugh : ‘ The greatest sin-gle cause of unhappiness in Britain today is the modern British woman 's hatred of housework . ’ |
| 10 | Coetzer , 6ft 4ins and nearly 16 stones , was ranked No.1 contender by the WBA and IBF until last month in Las Vegas , when Riddick Bowe stopped him in round seven . |
| 11 | Kiernan , always a popular visitor here , and winner of last year 's Dublin marathon , looks to be the man to beat this year also . |
| 12 | A PETROL chainsaw and £283 cash were taken in a break-in at Rakelands Lane , Liss between Wednesday and Saturday of last week . |
| 13 | ‘ Is n't it also unacceptable that it took the management of British Nuclear Fuels longer than one might expect to make this incident public , especially bearing in mind that Dr Lewis Moonie [ a Labour front-bencher ] and I actually visited this site on Thursday and Friday of last week and were not informed that these excessive discharges had taken place ? ’ |
| 14 | The gesture was infectious and Donna at last found herself grinning , too . |
| 15 | In contrast to the pervading mood of fear and uncertainty of last year , the atmosphere from 17 to 22 June this year was one of resignation : the crisis is upon us ; there 's no end to it in sight , but we still have to be here . |
| 16 | Twenty-five years later , when Thérèse and Léonie at last began to talk to each other about that time , they called it the odd summer . |
| 17 | Of the former , the main techniques are market intervention through open market operations ( see Chapter 9 ) , intervention in the foreign exchange markets , and lender of last resort facilities . |
| 18 | Destiny Technology reportedly sent cease-and-desist notices to USL in March , April and May of last year before the operating system was formally introduced as SVR4.2 in June . |
| 19 | There are also the geologists and civil engineers who gave evidence for Cardiff residents against the barrage during the Select Committee stage of the proceedings on the private Bill in February , April and May of last year . |
| 20 | A drawing pin through the pocket ensures the holder does not fall out ; comfort , security and peace at last . |
| 21 | He can play himself into a commanding position — as he did against Courier in the French Open , Wheaton at Wimbledon and Sampras in last year 's ATP final — and then somehow , his judgement deserts him , every time . |
| 22 | ‘ We were asking for deposits between June and November of last year , and for a lot of people times were tough , says Art Show director O. Kelley Anderson . |
| 23 | Fortune and fame at last . |
| 24 | Miss Cassan , 26 , gave notice of her ability when second behind Michael Whitaker and Monsanta in last year 's Silk Cut Jumping Derby at Hickstead , on Treffer , also owned by Fred Brown . |
| 25 | As they showed in 1987 , today 's central bankers have a better understanding of their responsibilities as providers of liquidity and lenders of last resort . |
| 26 | ‘ For 1993 , we hope to maintain our revenues and profit with last year 's level , ’ he concluded . |
| 27 | Sheets are allocated to the appropriate category by a scoring mechanism based on such criteria as date and scale of last survey , reliability of existing map , resource potential , and environmental significance . |
| 28 | The 122 sheets to be resurveyed have been selected by a scoring mechanism based on such criteria as date and scale of last survey , reliability of existing map , resource potential , and level of user need . |
| 29 | But as the ripples of recession spread out from the capital and prices at last start tumbling in Scotland , there are signs that values are stabilising back where it all began . |
| 30 | And silence at last . |