Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [verb] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |
| 2 | ‘ Did you know , ’ he asked , ‘ when you were improvising last night , a cat sat on your lap for a while ? ’ |
| 3 | You were bouncing last night were n't you ? |
| 4 | ‘ There 's just one last point , ’ said Blanche , ‘ the clothes you were wearing last night when I called round . |
| 5 | That dress you were wearing last night was quite a disguise . ’ |
| 6 | The black number you were wearing last night was still lying on the bathroom floor in a sodden heap when I found it this morning . ’ |
| 7 | Take some pills that you were given last night . |
| 8 | Take some pills that you were given last night . |
| 9 | It 's no wonder you were quarrelling last night — he had you backed into a corner a couple of times with facts you did n't know . |
| 10 | That means you were drinking last night . ’ |
| 11 | It did not escape my notice , however , that you were accompanied last night by a rather large , rather muddy man who , I gathered from hints dropped from various quarters , had been your escort that evening . |
| 12 | Like , what the hell did you think you were doing last night ? |
| 13 | That 's why I asked if you were babysitting last night . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ We were relegated last season and are battling to bounce straight back with promotion to the North Staffs and District Cricket League . ’ |
| 15 | What the one we were using last night ? |
| 16 | we were discussing last year . |
| 17 | Which is what we were given last year . |
| 18 | That we were watching last night . |
| 19 | Dan man you 've got th Dan you know the tape that we were recording last night , you 've got ta hear it yeah there 's this bit , yeah , where erm Alex just walks off yeah with the Walkman yeah and he goes into the toilet |
| 20 | Guess what we were doing last night . |
| 21 | and we were informed last week that |
| 22 | and we were saying last year we could of done with having him for a bit |
| 23 | Encouraged , he said : ‘ Well , you remember what we were saying last night , about Scott Fitzgerald … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We were burgled last night . |
| 25 | You may remember that we were talking last autumn about gas prices hopefully continuing to rise natural gas by to rise during the rest of the year and in fact that did take place and it did have some impact on the domestic rig count in the United States which went up quite strongly in the last part of the year . |
| 26 | We were told last night : ‘ The Civil List will be reduced in both size and the number of people . |
| 27 | ‘ Hopefully we can stay in the there this time , ’ added Wood , mindful that Britain were forced into qualifying after defeat by unsung Finland meant they were relegated last year from the elite nations . |
| 28 | Never mind , also , they were wearing last year 's all yellow kit . |
| 29 | Coventry v Arsenal Arsenal return to one of the few grounds where they were beaten last season , with their match winner against Manchester United , Groves , likely to partner Smith up front again . |
| 30 | They were named last night as Richard 's uncle , Gary Sowerby , 25 , of Heythorpe Road , Acklam , and John Hodgson , 26 , of Witton Close , Middlesbrough . |