Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] last " in BNC.
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1 | AND the 200grand or so from last years league position … |
2 | AND the 200grand or so from last years league position … |
3 | 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 . |
4 | She felt that here at last was a man who saw things clearly and saw them whole . |
5 | ‘ I think it depends what you mean by politics , ’ Fred observed confidently , feeling that here at last his experience was relevant . |
6 | All I am conscious of , as I stand there with the page in my hand , is that here at last are the two terms of my inquiry , Strategy and Summerchild , united by the same sheet of paper . |
7 | And so at last , though not happily nor of one mind , Lachlan was named as the legitimate heir of Duart . |
8 | Current levels of consignment are running below budget with analysts lowering fourth quarter aggregate estimates to $460 down from previous estimates of $500 million and down on last year 's figure of $493 million . |
9 | The poet has ascended through all the regions of Hell and Purgatory , and now at last , on the threshold of Paradise , comes to his long-expected reunion with Beatrice . |
10 | And now at last I feel that I am emerging from the defilements , I have reached my own self as a swimmer reaches the shore . |
11 | Excitement had for days so filled her that she could not sleep , and now at last she had embarked upon it ; thoughts of loss and martyrdom paled before the facts . |
12 | ‘ And now at last we can reveal Ken O'Mara 's recruitment techniques , ’ intoned Parkin 's commentary . |
13 | His motives are profit pure and simple , and here at last is an opportunity to sell the establishment 's conference facilities : maybe he should move out of honeymoon accommodation , a stagnating sector , and exploit the growth potential of the ‘ marital disharmony ’ market . |
14 | The finale begins with a somewhat pedantic statement of the theme , but the passacaglia variations connect well with each other , and here at last Brahms 's strength of personality emerges . |
15 | And here at last was that great city , Lisbon . |
16 | And then at last , the summit , with the cloud shadows scudding across the huge curved expanse and a band of sea which was always surprisingly broad ‘ and above the sea the line of the Downs , so noble and so bare ’ . |
17 | There was some difference that she could not at first put her finger on , and then at last it came to her ; it was she who had said ‘ We shall go ’ and their presence in the forest had flowed from that . |
18 | The man continued to look at her strangely , and then at last he said , ‘ It 'll not do you any good , love . ’ |
19 | And then at last they came to the tunnel . |
20 | It is time for Ulsterfolk to open their eyes and see the Anglo Irish diktat for what it is , to rub from their eyes the scales of unionism and its false hopes and then at last with a new vision to see independence in its full light and potential as the only way forward for Ulster . |
21 | As soon as she saw them she started firing , realized she was shouting something meaningless , and then at last understood what she was seeing . |
22 | And then at last he goes to bed with a spoon , and he does n't dream . ’ |
23 | When David said nothing , she waited and then at last looked up at him . |
24 | The lightning replied and then at last retired leaving the dull thunder the last fading word . |
25 | And then at last everyone was shuffling chairs on the pile carpet and getting up and there was a lot of shaking of hands and Edward and Helen were in the lift once more , smoothly and silently descending . |
26 | And then at last that — that man just announces that he has decided not to press charges . |
27 | and then after last night I completely forgot |
28 | So men come from nearby Kiriath-jearim to collect it , and there at last , without accompanying plague , confusion , or slaughter , it comes to rest . |
29 | erm it 's difficult to say , but erm again that 's something they 're looking at over the next couple of weeks , but perhaps along last year 's lines — they should n't really be any higher than last year . |
30 | But now at last I had one , and she was my heart 's desire . |