Example sentences of "[pron] was [vb pp] [prep] last " in BNC.

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1 Er , I should also re , remind you so my brief informs me , of the no smoking rule , which was adopted at last year 's er , A G M , and which means there 's no smoking er , in this room at any rate , and certainly not during the meeting .
2 The program used in the following example is Lotus 1-2-3 ( specifically 1-2-3 Go which was reviewed in last month 's Practical PC ) but other versions of 1-2-3 , or similar spreadsheets such as As-Easy-As , work in exactly the same way and it is very easy to modify the steps shown here to work in SuperCalc or Excel .
3 So she waited for the summons to the prince 's presence , and went with a demure step and a high heart when she was called at last .
4 John Tugwell , the bank 's respected executive who was drafted in last year to help reorganise the troubled subsidiary , said the turn-around performance is expected to continue .
5 It was upheld at last year 's meeting in Noordwijk [ see ED no. 37/38 ] .
6 it was taken about last July
7 He was banished from last summer 's Olympics after a drugs test showed traces of the banned steroid Methandianone .
8 Then probably you have not heard that he was sent for last night just before Compline , to go to Donata , at her express wish .
9 I reckon he was trapped at last , like a good many others . ’
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