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 . |