Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , despite a brave attempt to encourage candidates to stand at last week 's annual general meeting , the council remains grossly under-represented . |
| 2 | The pyjamas fastened at last , Ashley rose shakily to her feet . |
| 3 | The branch is still reeling from the losses suffered at last year 's polls . |
| 4 | The biggest police operation of its kind in the county ended successfully yesterday when Leonard Featherstone , 56 , of Tudwick Road , Tiptree , his son Brett , 24 , from the same address and Kenneth Hammond , 36 , of Banters Lane , Great Leighs admitted a total of 55 charges concerning false tacograph entries dating from last March . |
| 5 | The biggest police operation of its kind in the county ended successfully yesterday when Leonard Featherstone , 56 , of Tudwick Road , Tiptree , his son Brett , 24 , from the same address and Kenneth Hammond , 36 , of Banters Lane , Great Leighs admitted a total of 55 charges concerning false tachograph entries dating from last March . |
| 6 | But the main reason for a 37% profits rise to £2.32m was a Pounds 440,000 turnround in interest payments to £105,000 interest receivable , thanks to cash from last year 's £3m rights issue . |
| 7 | It was with a sickening sense of shock that his eyes fell at last on the heaps of bodies lying in the shadows of the dock buildings and beneath the pepper trees . |
| 8 | This fool butterfly must have been a chrysallis — there are a million tortoiseshells pirouetting on the purple flowers all the warm months — a chrysallis left from last August . |
| 9 | ‘ The boy and girl are with you , ’ the Trapper repeated like a man slow of thought , to whom the words had at last revealed their significance . |
| 10 | The Egyptian theme was taken up y the caterers — dressed in costumes designed for last sumnmer 's Earl 's Court production of ’ Aida ’ . |
| 11 | Higgins , came up in front of snooker 's ruling body , the WPBSA , to answer charges of offences committed during last November 's UK championship in Preston . |
| 12 | Those responsible for programmes of visits in the three Overseas Groups then reported on visits made since last October . |
| 13 | The 1993 LIBF had a distinctly European feel : the number of overseas visitors compared with last year rose from 1,868 to 2,462 , an increase of 32% . |
| 14 | Sparks flew at last weekend 's Berkeley conference when Boaz turned up unexpectedly . |
| 15 | Vologsky 's turbulent emotions broke at last . |
| 16 | By the accession of Philip VI of Valois , therefore , the old Angevin and Lusignan fiefs had at last been absorbed by the French crown . |
| 17 | I felt like a man whose presentiments have at last come true . " |
| 18 | We must correct this tendency which is almost a cultural problem , ’ Louis Gallois , a leading civil servant told a conference last month , so revealing that planners have at last caught a whiff of their inbuilt handicap . |
| 19 | Teeth cleaned at last . |
| 20 | One of the most significant selling points which the Banks used during last year 's dispute was the fact that Extended Opening Hours would give rise to significant numbers of additional jobs in Banking . |
| 21 | ‘ Secondly , I believe you will begin to see during the night the cracks opening at last in the moulds that have held British politics in sterile opposition between two major parties for so long . |
| 22 | Credits omitted from last month 's travellers photo story : film courtesy of Fuji Professional , black and white prints by Danny Chan , colour by ETA colour labs |
| 23 | Fairy Tales by Terry Jones ( Puffin , £1.95 ) CHRISTMAS BEST-SELLERS Based on last week 's sales in the children 's department of Waterstone 's in Edinburgh : 1 Rhyming Stew by Roald Dahl ( Jonathan Cape , £7.95 ) 2 Oi Get Off Our Train by John Burningham ( Jonathan Cape , £7.95 ) 3 Matilda by Roald Dahl 4 The Lion , The Witch and The Wardrobe by CSLewis ( Fontana Lion , £2.25 ) 5 Prince Caspian by CSLewis ( Fontana Lion , £2.25 ) 6 Almost Everything There Is To Know by Tim Hunkin ( Pyramid Books , £4.95 ) 7 The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter ( Frederick Warne , £20 ) 8 Budgie The Helicopter by HRHDuchess of York ( Simon & Schuster , £4.95 ) 9 The Way Things Work by David MacAuley ( Dorling Kindersley , £14.95 ) 10 Peace At Last by Jill Murphy ( Walker , £6.95 ) THE YEAR 'S BEST-SELLERS Supplied by Jane Churchill at Children 's Bookcentre in Kensington , London : |
| 24 | Three exhibition catalogues generated by last year 's quasi-celebrations |
| 25 | Heavy rain driven by gales predicted for last night was forecast to continue for much of today . |
| 26 | The new plants mentioned in last year 's report have all progressed satisfactorily . |
| 27 | Finance officials have at last seen the logic of sprucing up Japan now . |
| 28 | Producing three pages of detailed questions relating to last year 's accounts may entitle an interviewer to draw an adverse conclusion . |
| 29 | Tangerine 's dance dreams started in last summer 's raves |
| 30 | The full inquests will be heard in May at the earliest , with families hoping at last to discover the truth . |