Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been sacked last week , for the fourth time in a year , after a row with an unpleasant restaurant owner who had a fat pink face that looked about to snort , and chaste little feet on raised heels that he walked on as if they were trotters . |
| 2 | Daleys Dennis is also in action tomorrow , the first eight heats having been completed last night . |
| 3 | I dare say you read in the paper she had been attacked last week by some pervert . ’ |
| 4 | I mean if you 'd have been reported last week for it you would think Yeah I 'm damn sure that 's right , you know . |
| 5 | well it she could 've been done last year but we 've not done this year , be gone . |
| 6 | How many thing had been done last spring that could not be undone ? |
| 7 | As the news of the quarrel between the Old King 's sons spread , those who had been defeated last year took fresh courage , while others like Geoffrey of Lusignan , who had previously been too cautious to join the revolt , now decided that their moment had come . |
| 8 | The woman , in her sixties from England , had not been named last night . |
| 9 | Chester College is pressing to be allowed the title of university college , but its hopes appeared to have been dashed last month by education junior minister Tim Boswell . |
| 10 | THE marriage of tennis star John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal seemed to have been saved last night after a series of tantrums . |
| 11 | Grasping her conference handbook tightly , she took her place in the queue where , she had been told last night over supper , she ran the risk of being stripped and searched by an army of discharged traffic wardens . |
| 12 | Peter Harris who has cancer had been told last month he only had weeks to live and has been staying in a hospice . |
| 13 | DAF yesterday won a vital cash injection from the Belgian and Dutch governments , but long-term finance from banks needed to fund a new , slimmer Daf had still not been agreed last night , even although the deadline for agreement is today . |
| 14 | I sort of looked on the on the board and saw a thirteen two pony for sale been shown last year so it 's probably a sort of a working man 's pony , you know , that sort of class . |
| 15 | The long-sought ‘ killer application ’ — aka the next Lotus — may have been born last week : Silicon Valley start-up Arbor Software was at the NT Pavilion at Comdex in Chicago showing off its multi-dimensional spreadsheet . |
| 16 | Mr Gummer 's secret mission to the States emerged when David Curry MP , his number two at the Ministry of Agriculture , deputised at a dairy trade luncheon where he indicated that the bill to reform agricultural marketing which should have been introduced last week is likely to enter Parliament before Christmas . |
| 17 | The police say he 'd been arrested last month and questioned about threats to Mrs Smith , but he 'd been released on police bail pending further enquiries . |
| 18 | It was originally thought the contract could be given last year with work starting in late autumn . |
| 19 | It was originally thought the contract could be given last year with work starting in late autumn . |
| 20 | National Park Authorities should be given last resort compulsory purchase powers ( on a similar basis to Section 29 Orders ) to be used where voluntary agreements fail . |
| 21 | National Park Authorities should be given last resort compulsory purchase powers under new legislation on a similar basis to Section 29 ( of the Wildlife and Countryside Act , 1981 ) applying to NCC . |
| 22 | The Chilcott case was due to be heard last night by the committee , which generally meets once a fortnight . |
| 23 | They were expected to be discharged last night . |
| 24 | The intimate details of Kahlo 's and Rivera 's life together are also the subject of a Mexican/U.S. -financed film which started to be made last month by the American director Luis Valdez . |
| 25 | LIBERAL Democrat hopes of repeating Sir Ian Wrigglesworth 's 1983 victory in marginal Stockton South looked set to be dashed last night . |
| 26 | One of them , Christina Carter , eight , was due to be told last night that her 15-year-old sister , Danielle , was one of the three killed in the explosion . |
| 27 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the most exciting regional museum to be opened last year — it was opened last May by Her Majesty the Queen — was the Tullie House museum in Carlisle ? |
| 28 | Their match with Glenavon III had to be postponed last week and Glenavon are now claiming the points . |
| 29 | Neither of the men involved in the incident could be contacted last night . |
| 30 | Neither Mr Nellis , nor Mr Morton 's partner could be contacted last night . |