Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | hairy chest , bit of a sun tan , they 've bee they were away last summer |
| 2 | If you were away last week can you please leave space to catch up with the writing which you will do in your own time . |
| 3 | He was moved on to the job when we were short-handed last winter , and up-graded from labourer . ’ |
| 4 | Settlements were lower last year , but many bosses are convinced that , despite the government 's call for single-digit increases , the high inflation rate means that wage negotiations this spring will be back to the old pattern . |
| 5 | January is traditionally the peak of the tax-gathering season , but both income and corporation tax were lower last month than in January 1992 , and total government revenues are continuing to run below last year 's levels . |
| 6 | ‘ And you say your children were here last night ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Elizabeth and Beuno were here last night as well , ’ she said . |
| 8 | ‘ I had that feeling when we were here last year , ’ he reasoned . |
| 9 | When you were here last time … ’ |
| 10 | Erm , I think he said , I er , you know when I phoned erm when you were here last time |
| 11 | People were here last week then ? |
| 12 | Carla , Carla oh you were here last week when |
| 13 | And , as , I , I know the people who were here last week , the questions for act one scene one or two will be relevant to the second part of the seminar , it will be , but we 'll ignore them at the moment . |
| 14 | What other results were there last night ? |
| 15 | We were there last weekend , they 'd say , and the elements were against us , but we were snug from head to toe in our rubber suits . |
| 16 | Yes we were there last year because my granddaughter got married . |
| 17 | They 're still there , they were there last week |
| 18 | but I think they were either last week or the week before they were there |
| 19 | Advertisement er , revenue at Westminster Press ended the six months at about the , advert revenue about the same level as last year but it was below last year 's level early on , so in other words erm , advertisement volume is growing , because there 's next to no , there 's , the yield is about the same overall . |
| 20 | well no that was only last night before last was n't it ? |
| 21 | Worse still , an injury kept Sure Sharp idle for the rest of his second season and it was only last year that Hills eventually got him back into action . |
| 22 | Well , I ca n't claim complete recall but I do remember 91–92 like it was only last year ; - ) . |
| 23 | It was only last year that Frankie had emergency heart surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford . |
| 24 | It was only last week were my birthday , Charlie , last Friday . |
| 25 | People still talk about when they beat the Arsenal as though it was only last season almost do n't they ? |
| 26 | Why do we keep referring to it as ‘ that summer ’ — it was only last summer , after all . |
| 27 | It was only last summer that she was allowed to get back in the swing . |
| 28 | Cos they wo n't stand if you sort of say oh well I was away last week they wo n't take that as an excuse . |
| 29 | Erm , it was early last year , nineteen eighty five , |
| 30 | In in erm December in fact , we went on to what had happened was early last year , the nutrients were changed . |