Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prices were slightly down on last year , despite the best crop of berries seen for some time . |
| 2 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 3 | Not even a relentless IRA bombing campaign in the major English cities could dampen spirits , and most booksellers reported that December sales were significantly up on last year . |
| 4 | The Conservative share of the vote was scarcely down on last time ; Mr Major 's mandate is secure . |
| 5 | Now expectations model implies that the revision in expectations , right , year on year alright , is proportional right , to the error last year , right , the difference between actual and forecasted last year right , if they were way out if their forecast was way out for last year , right , they 'll revise their expectations for , for the next year okay . |
| 6 | Yes er , the F the F T er , did improve er , Les Echo improved , Recolleters improved , the Economist was slightly down on last year , but remember , the Economist were at record profits last year and erm , so even maintaining their , their profits or just dropping is a good performance . |