Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [adv] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They cautiously resumed aid ( at $58m a year ) in 1987 after Mr Bouterse allowed a free election in which his own party fared badly ; and were upset again last August when the chief police inspector was found with a bullet in his head near Mr Bouterse 's office . |
| 2 | Er further to what John said about the er , Young Inventor , we were fortunate enough last year to have er our competitor , or we had a , we held a competition locally |
| 3 | Walpole got full environmental approval , but it already has a state prison , and local residents were successful twice last year in lobbying the legislature to reject bills that would have made the land available for the harbour clean-up . |
| 4 | But thoughts of the administrative foul-up were far away last month when Mr Wright handed over Darlington 's peace offering and also gave sets of Kwik Cricket to schoolchildren at two Bridgetown primary schools . |
| 5 | ‘ You were certain enough last Saturday afternoon when you put the boot in , ’ said Pascoe casually from his corner . |
| 6 | I was eight o'clock last night you know . |
| 7 | I myself was lucky enough last week to see a fine sample of the Lesser Twayblade and another of the Small White Orchid , rare occurrences as far south as this and in these times . |