Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This must put the Canadian health minister in a similar position to Britain 's Kenneth Clarke , when his advisory committee recommended that last year Depo-Provera should get a licence . |
| 2 | ‘ A very bright 17-year-old pupil of mine got pregnant last year , the result of a one-night stand at a party . |
| 3 | AMSTRAD , the consumer electronics company , yesterday revealed that last year 's failed takeover bid by its chairman , Alan Sugar , had cost it £1.1 million . |
| 4 | I realized that last night 's rice wine , followed by Doogie 's steak cooked in Glenfiddich and then more Glenfiddich , had left my cranial suspension system shot to pieces , but he was definitely going over the top . |
| 5 | In his version of Pearl published in 1975 Tolkien translated that last line as ‘ We meet on our roads by chance so rare ’ , but probably ‘ We meet so seldom by stock or by stone ’ is better . |
| 6 | A package of new loans made public last week reveals that the nation will move away from its traditional hunting ground of French-speaking Africa , where it has always had a science presence , and towards English-speaking and Latin American nations and the Far East . |
| 7 | The minister , who had radically restructured French research and technology , actually handed in his resignation on 2 February after a clash with President Francois Mitterrand — but it only became public last week . |
| 8 | It became clear last night that the separation agreement was only reached after her demands had been met in full . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose she made this last night , ’ said one of the men . |
| 10 | Cos I got some last night . |
| 11 | He pronounced this last word as if it denoted something unpleasant . |
| 12 | Now again I mentioned this last week , the idea of introducing schoolchildren at a very young age to different countries and different cultures so that in fact when they come to go on holiday on their own or with a partner it holds no fear for them unlike , if you like , senior citizens might do . |
| 13 | It was n't like that for us , ’ or ‘ I do n't think this 'll work , ’ or ‘ I tried this last Tuesday week , ’ or something like that . |
| 14 | ELECTION fever again and the main thing many voters found off-putting last time still troubles them today : the leadership of the Labour Party . |
| 15 | Ms Pitt-Kethley is , of course , the saucy poet and author of TOO HOT TO HANDLE , and you will no doubt recall that Ms Cummin , 74 year old author of THE LOVE QUEST , posed topless last year for the SUNDAY SPORT . |
| 16 | Although they struggled for long periods against the same Turkey side England beat 4-0 last month , Graham Taylor — watching from the stands — said : ‘ Of the three results possible , this was the worst one . |
| 17 | Neil and Audrey Moir , who live in Hewitson Road , were forced to have their telephone number listed ex-directory last year due to their son 's success . |
| 18 | She tried one last thrust . |
| 19 | Mahmoud tried one last way . |
| 20 | Paul tried one last shot . |
| 21 | He smiled and hurried to the escalator , scuttling up the moving stairway towards street level , finally emerging into the ticket hall ; As he passed through he cast one last glance behind him to assure himself he was free of pursuers . |
| 22 | The sides drew 1-1 last week after Steve Cannon had equalised for Town in the last minute . |
| 23 | Eugene Forster paused , raised one of his bushy eyebrows , then slowly and deliberately , with the wisdom of previous experience , finished the whisky , drew one last time on the cigar then plunged it with a hiss into the water , before he took the ‘ phone . |
| 24 | Pirelli first approached Continental last September to propose a transfer of Pirelli 's tyre operations to Continental . |
| 25 | A computer enthusiast in Britain used one last week to run off a copy of a £35 program in a little over four minutes . |
| 26 | She earlier proclaimed that last October would be the end of life on earth . |
| 27 | He ignored that last question . |
| 28 | Eleanor ignored that last piece of advice . |
| 29 | ‘ In death , as in this life , I defy the Jews who caused this last war , and I defy the power of darkness which they represent . |
| 30 | This came fresh last week from their labs in Birmingham — just by the detergents factory … |