Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [noun sg] last [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In an astonishing burst of enthusiasm for biotech last year , 60 such companies raised a total of $3.7 billion in the public equity market .
2 also leeds-fan tore pedersen made his debut for oldham last night as a substitute .
3 HEART-swap girl Wendy Walker , 10 , lost her brave fight for life last night .
4 cos we was late home for tea last night were n't we ?
5 If Mr Spicer 's dismissal for drunkenness last Christmas was a charade ; if he is still in fact in your employment though not as a chauffeur ; if your American mistress telephoned Mr Fairfax-Vane and lured him here ; if I should happen to fall victim to a break-in apparently arranged by Mr Fairfax-Vane in order to lay his hands on my Tunbridge Ware but actually carried out by Mr Spicer in order to bring about my death ; if my demise should leave you in possession of your father 's letters and free to publish them …
6 Thanks to those who responded to our request for information last month — we would still be very interested to receive any information about your own Coldwatch activities and your use of the Coldwatch pack and leaflet .
7 ‘ I 'm not really stiff at all , ’ he said , putting his ski boot into a plate of gelantine that he had had in bed for dinner last night .
8 And would n't it be ironic if John Smith , after much agonising about Labour 's soul and purpose , bit the bullet , and , abandoning what many say was the reason for failure last time , promised not to put up taxes — and nobody believed him .
9 A boy of about 12 was kept in Northallerton 's Friarage Hospital for observation last night after falling off his bike onto the bonnet of a passing car on the A684 in Leeming Bar .
10 Laura , who got a Nintendo Super Mario World computer games-system for Christmas last year , said she loved reading Roald Dahl classics such as ‘ The Big Friendly Giant ’ and ‘ Witches ’ before going to sleep at night .
11 POLITICAL leaders in Bosnia-Hzercegovina made a desperate appeal for peace last night as the flames of civil war engulfed the central Yugoslav republic .
12 What with one thing and another she had n't had much time for sleep last night .
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