Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lost 7–5 6–3 to Seles in the quarter-finals after disposing of last year 's finalist Jana Novotna , but she showed enough , as he has done before , to show the rest of the watching world that she is a major force waiting to erupt . |
| 2 | Savalas Clouting ( 17 ) , Shaun Tacey ( 18 ) and Laurence Hare ( 23 ) will be fighting it out for a place in the Witches reserve berths after graduating from last season 's double-winning junior side . |
| 3 | Linford , who became an MBE in 1990 , considered quitting athletics after flopping in last year 's World Championships . |
| 4 | I was chided for implying in last month 's notes that Somerset looked rather a better bet than Gloucestershire . |
| 5 | Well it might be worth looking through last year 's list in the day . |
| 6 | Nigel Worthington appears to have got over the disappointment of losing in last week 's FA Cup final replay to Arsenal and will play what is believed to be his 67th game of the season tomorrow . |
| 7 | Why , I bet you never had the slightest intention of following through last night , did you ? |
| 8 | Victory tomorrow would offer United compensation for losing in last season 's final to Sheffield Wednesday and would fill the last gap in the Old Trafford honours board . |
| 9 | Peter Scudamore is on record as saying that Sabin du Loir is one of the best horses he has ever ridden , and could have gone a long way towards towards justifying that high opinion but for falling in last year 's King George at Kempton when holding a healthy lead . |
| 10 | The estate has been notorious for joyriding following last year 's troubles . |
| 11 | Goodway , now of Wigan , disappointed Reilly deeply by withdrawing from last year 's tour for personal reasons which seemed less than urgent , but the coach has sensibly decided against holding grudges . |