Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After last week 's boat debacle , the tale takes a stranger twist with a mysterious telephone advert placed in last week 's NME asking ‘ Who 's Taking The Pistols ? ’ |
| 2 | First , despite a brave attempt to encourage candidates to stand at last week 's annual general meeting , the council remains grossly under-represented . |
| 3 | However , BWD Rensburg , the broker , is looking for pre-tax profits of about £1.2m in the year ending 31 March against £1.04m reported for last year . |
| 4 | Terminal Three was in terminal chaos , the air and light suffused with last things , planet panic , money Judgement . |
| 5 | Danes are in effect voting on a deal negotiated at last December 's EC summit in Edinburgh , which gave them opt-outs on sensitive issues such as a common currency , joint security , police controls and citizenship rules . |
| 6 | The branch is still reeling from the losses suffered at last year 's polls . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is to be noted that in the most recent quarter , although auction sales were 15% up on the previous quarter , the higher loss compared to last year reflects a $7 million drop in sales from the Acquavella deal , now a separate division within Sotheby 's although included in the accounts as part of their auction operations . |
| 10 | Turnover for the six months to the end of March almost doubled to £101m and the interim loss fell from last year 's £6.2m to £5.6m ( tour operators traditionally make a loss during the winter months when few people book holidays ) . |
| 11 | The roof fell in last night . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | CHILE 'S ONLY WOMAN MAYOR SPEAKS OF LAST CHANCE TO STOP ‘ EYES AND EARS ’ OF DICTATORSHIP |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Egyptian theme was taken up y the caterers — dressed in costumes designed for last sumnmer 's Earl 's Court production of ’ Aida ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The latest on Frank according to last nights local rag : — |
| 18 | Those responsible for programmes of visits in the three Overseas Groups then reported on visits made since last October . |
| 19 | Work presented at last summer 's high-energy physics conference in Paris gave an upper limit of 2.25 x 10 31 years for a proton decaying into a positron and a . |
| 20 | Ian Brown , secretary of Edinburgh 's Princes Street Traders Association , reported that sales were better this January compared with last year . |
| 21 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 22 | 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% . |
| 23 | Sparks flew at last weekend 's Berkeley conference when Boaz turned up unexpectedly . |
| 24 | The Chancellor announced in last November 's Autumn Statement that he wished to enhance this private sector involvement . |
| 25 | A deal to buy the whole of Adidas fell through last month . |
| 26 | Rumours abound of a further scandal in the financial sector to add to last year 's rich crop , which forced the resignation of the heads of Nomura , Japan 's biggest investment company , and Nikko , among many others . |
| 27 | For a start , the so-called leaked document in question dates from last July . |
| 28 | The disclosure comes after last night 's announcement by the UVF that it has lifted its death threat against prison officers . |
| 29 | The disclosure comes after last night 's announcement by the UVF that it has lifted its death threat against prison officers . |
| 30 | The steady increase in the number of complaints against members of the Bar mentioned in last year 's report has continued ; 262 complaints having been received up to the end of September . |