Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [prep] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm we expected to perform in a professional way , particularly after incidents like last week when we had an horrendous twenty four hours and we do n't get paid for it |
| 2 | Posh have been up for grabs since last year and chairman John Devaney , a property magnate and ex-Oxford director , will sell if the price is right . |
| 3 | About 30pc of visitors to last year 's Darlington show got in without paying , it was disclosed last week . |
| 4 | The following adjustments to ( 8.8 ) have to be made for accrued interest : where N 1 = Number of days between first day of delivery month and next coupon payment date , N 2 = Number of days between last coupon payment date and next coupon payment date . |
| 5 | release of provisions from last balance sheet trading with other companies controlled by the vendors but which do not form part of the transaction |
| 6 | They have been exempted from certain reporting requirements by my Department under the companies legislation , and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer put a lot of measures in last year 's Budget to improve the position of small businesses , because tax is revealed to be one of their most noticeable problems when they reply to our consultations . |
| 7 | LISS Parish Council heard complaints from a group of residents at last week 's annual general meeting about the large and out of date stage that was severely restricting activities in the village hall . |
| 8 | John Mabb , UK director of the NZ Meat Producers Board , made only the briefest of references to last year 's imports of chilled lamb into Scotland which led to recriminations from farmers . |
| 9 | Flexible response was defined as the use of force against an attacker at an appropriate level on an escalating scale , starting with conventional arms and with strategic nuclear forces as weapons of last resort . |
| 10 | The charge involves Barnet 's alleged failure to follow strict guidelines on the distribution of allocated Cup final tickets — two of which ended up with touts at last season 's Liverpool-Sunderland Cup final . |
| 11 | We were inundated with entries for last issue 's Prize Wordsquare but there was little doubt about the winner at the end of the day . |
| 12 | I 'm not sure whether to believe this or not , but if it comes , I 'm told that ‘ everything concerning this publication will be kept under wraps like last time ’ . |
| 13 | Warwick Castle gets about forty percent of visitors from overseas with whom a large proportion are Americans , and er I suggest that the increase in Americans this year will be quite good compared with figures for last year , so we do benefit er I might even mention that in Holland er over half the visitors Exhibition in Amsterdam are not Dutch , many of them are Germans , but there are also Americans and of course other overseas visitors there . |
| 14 | The rest of lunch passed in similar diversion , interspersed with details of last week 's turnover which were never far from Barton 's mind , whatever other distractions offered . |
| 15 | Volunteers recorded 170,000 pieces of litter , with increases over last year in 13 of the 16 litter categories . |
| 16 | Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson claims he received hate mail abuse from fans during last season 's disastrous championship defence . |
| 17 | The charm and naivety he exudes easily enables us to forgive his more sado-masochistic tendencies in movies like last year 's controversial Tie Me Up ! ’ |
| 18 | ANGLIA Television , the Norwich-based independent TV contractor , yesterday unveiled a big rebound in profits for last year , but warned that the recent ITV franchise shake-up would cut profits for 1993 . |
| 19 | One Tory MP was seen coming out of the Whips ' office in tears before last night 's vote . |
| 20 | He said he was not out to attribute blame or indulge in recriminations for last week 's ‘ grievous defeat ’ , but added : ‘ I think it fair to say that our tax proposals show perhaps less than total sensitivity to some of the interests of the voters in the South of England in particular , whose support we need . |
| 21 | Flash floods caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to houses after last night 's storms . |
| 22 | Yeah and er you know we can do a certain amount but I think if you went away from that you can go away from it a little bit but I think if you went too much away the people that you have and and our audience when we 've got them you know , they tend to stay with us you know they do n't change like the the youngsters and when we started off first you know our audience were mainly over forty five fifty plus really and now they 're down to we 're getting you know loads of of people in their twenties and in their teens and even down to kids like last night , five and six years old . |
| 23 | In the house tonight the Prescott 's two sons and daughter are being comforted by friends as they all try and come to terms with last night 's sad events . |
| 24 | QPR 's England winger Andy Sinton has made a remarkable recovery to be fit for the visit of Crystal Palace since leaving Loftus Road on crutches after last week 's win against Oldham . |
| 25 | As Mr Reed 's release seemed imminent , an unsigned statement on Tehran radio commenting on events since last week 's release , said ‘ the United States has failed to reciprocate the goodwill shown by Polehill 's captors ; in view of Washington 's position , resolving the hostage crisis is much slower than previously expected ’ . |
| 26 | Standfirst : With 20 years ' experience covering major oil shows for The Scotsman , FRANK FRAZER reflects on highlights of last month 's Offshore Europe event in Aberdeen . |
| 27 | It 's a good training for unpleasantnesses like last night and another area where I think Indian culture triumphs over English . ’ |
| 28 | Judging by accounts of last year 's knees-up it 's going to be a night to remember — a carnival of flesh — a drink and drugs frenzy . |
| 29 | An appeal by banks against last week 's High Court ruling that Hammersmith and Fulham borough council 's speculations with rates cash were illegal will be heard from January 15 . |