Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A SHIPWRECKED family were alive last night thanks to a ‘ chance in a million ’ rescue . |
| 2 | Yeah , there were some last week , everything 's there . |
| 3 | His senior aides were convinced last night he will succeed . |
| 4 | Normally this might earn me an interview without coffee with my Flight Commander , but I do have an excuse for arriving at work an hour later than usual — Gazelle Flight were night-flying last night . |
| 5 | We were lucky last week cos half of us have got netball , half of us have got hockey , but last week because it was raining it was too bad for the hockey people to go out cos they co , with it being dark as well so we , we just stayed inside . |
| 6 | ‘ You were lucky last time ! ’ she screamed . |
| 7 | Oh we were fine last night , we just sat plonked in front of Inspector Morse all night , you know , every time the er |
| 8 | but Sarah , as I says , I were sick last night |
| 9 | ‘ Well , what happened when you were ill last week did anybody come to see you ? ’ |
| 10 | Politicians were confident last night that Cabinet approval will be a formality . |
| 11 | Both , with their wives , were present last year at a dinner held in honour of Woosnam 's Masters victory , as were the Lyles , the Jameses and the Torrances , senior and junior , since Bob Torrance is his swing consultant . |
| 12 | Yeah we did but I had a feeling we were late last year |
| 13 | ‘ We were concerned last night , ’ said George , ‘ with the question of what Mr Hambro could possibly have blundered into , to make it essential that he should not survive to talk about it . |
| 14 | you were busy last night , is that what it was , did that knock you out ? |
| 15 | But ITN were unmoved last night . |
| 16 | THE Rugby Football Union were adamant last night that no anthems will be played before England 's Test against South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 17 | NORWICH were stunned last night by the news that crocked utility player Rob Newman will be out for two months . |
| 18 | THE family of jailed Briton Michael Wainwright were stunned last night after he was given a 10-year sentence in Iraq . |
| 19 | Dundalk were shocked last week when newly promoted Cobh Ramblers left the Co . |
| 20 | No further details were available last night . |
| 21 | Neither Mr Tapper nor anyone from Bowhill were available last night . |
| 22 | I went er , in to check whether these were available last week , just to make sure they were available and , they we , they had been reserved last term but I went to check and , I found so much difficulty finding my way around |
| 23 | There were one last night on uhum , things . |
| 24 | ‘ You were worse last night . ’ |
| 25 | England 's Test umpires were outraged last night when they heard that the ICC were taking no further action . |
| 26 | It seemed both sides were optimistic last night that an agreement could be reached . |
| 27 | Comparable sales in shops which were open last year were in fact down . |
| 28 | ‘ Certainly the apprenticeship of working as assistant to someone of Graham Taylor 's calibre has been invaluable , particularly when times were lean last season . |
| 29 | Todd believes such levels of expenditure were necessary last year ‘ to maintain our growth momentum and achieve the successful integration of ICL and Nokia Data product ranges ’ . |
| 30 | ’ Well , all I can say , Miss Lightbody , is that you do n't look the slightest bit awful to me and , second , that your sister 's explanation as to why you were absent last week is good enough to me . |