Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cords Plc manufactures a style of corduroy trousers that it sold last year at £18 each pair . |
| 2 | Productivity Computer Solutions Ltd of Wakefield , Yorkshire has both the Hewlett-Packard and the Sun Microsystems Inc versions of Liken under an agreement that it signed last week . |
| 3 | I 'm only — I wo n't say glad , no , that would be quite the wrong word , but , shall I say relieved , that it happened last night . ’ |
| 4 | Vienna , Virginia-based Legent Corp warns that it expects to report net profit of about $18.4m or $0.52 per share for the second quarter ended Aprch 31 , compared with the $0.44 before charges that it reported last year ; turnover will be about flat with the $102.5m a year ago : the news caused a bloodbath in the Legent share price , which slumped 16% , $6.125 , to land up at $33.25 . |
| 5 | The only ‘ clean ’ greyhound in the race , run at Canterbury this month , was the 5–2 favourite and it finished last . |
| 6 | And it succeeded last night , courtesy of Iain Dowie 's excellent strike in the ninth minute of this World Cup Group Three game — and four world-class saves from Wright afterwards . |
| 7 | It is evident in the vitality of the arts — hardly a city in the country now lacks for an international festival — and it contributed last year to the remarkable election of Mary Robinson , only in her mid-40s and impatient with old ways , to the ( largely honorary ) post of president . |
| 8 | The 80860 also formed the basis of Oki Electric 's server line until it folded last month . |
| 9 | Until it slipped last year , British manufacturers ' share of the volume of world exports had been broadly stable at 7% since 1981 , after falling continuously since the 1950s . |
| 10 | In the 1970s it turned over more than £50 million , but it sank last year after an unsuccessful relaunch . |
| 11 | So because it worked last time I used it . |
| 12 | The show has failed to appear in any TV popularity charts and eight of the original cast of virtual unknowns have been axed since it began last summer . |
| 13 | Israel had been subjected to similar harsh international criticism when it had last deported a group of Palestinian activists , in May 1991 [ see p. 38213 ] . |
| 14 | The BMA 's understanding when it left last Wednesday 's talks , he said , was that that no longer applied . |
| 15 | Racal proved this conclusively when it announced last spring that it was planning to sell off part of the Vodafone mobile telecoms operation . |
| 16 | ‘ The Michelangelo computer virus that received worldwide attention last year is expected to cause even fewer problems this Saturday than it did when it struck last year , a team of IBM researchers said ’ . |
| 17 | Reputedly in poor condition when it surfaced last year ‘ glossed and cleaned up ’ was one description the painting has been consigned from the Wernher Collection at Luton Hoo , Bedfordshire . |
| 18 | The Ren & Stimpy Show , featuring possibly the most deranged comic duo in years , became an instant cult hit when it appeared last autumn in pilot form on cable channel Nickleodeon . |
| 19 | They doubt whether the Court of Appeal would reach the same conclusion today as it had last year about the reliability of the convictions , since the Guildford case had raised questions on the adequacy of reviews of possible wrongful conviction . |
| 20 | It will act as it did last Friday , with determination and sensitivity . |
| 21 | The National Gallery must be very satisfied to have concluded as it did last week . |
| 22 | Will the outswinger still swing as late as it did last summer ? ’ |
| 23 | Not surprisingly , it occasionally mislays one or two , as it did last week . |