Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prosecuting counsel John Nutting has alleged the two men , who were travelling in a red Sierra , were stopped in June last year on the A64 Leeds-York road , North Yorkshire , by Special Constable Glenn Goodman and Pc Alexander Kelly . |
| 2 | They were dismissed against Oldham last week , Evans in the final minute of a 36-6 defeat , after missing the start of the season through injury . |
| 3 | SEVEN new cases of AIDS were reported in Scotland last month , bringing the total to 371 . |
| 4 | Technical details of the machine , developed at IBM 's Highly Parallel Supercomputing Systems Laboratories , were reported in detail last November following previews at Supercomputing ‘ 92 in Minneapolis ( UX No 412 ) . |
| 5 | Then beware , because your garden can be dangerous : 320,000 people were injured in gardens last year . |
| 6 | THE Ulster veteran 's ladies chances of recapturing the Interprovincial crown were dashed in Cork last night with a 4–1 defeat against holders Leinster . |
| 7 | Although the borders have long since re-opened , Zambia 's relationship with major international bodies like the IMF and the World Bank has ceased : the economic packages prescribed by these organizations were ditched in May last year . |
| 8 | An estimated 5,500 primates were used in Europe last year , according to the report , mostly by the pharmaceutical industry . |
| 9 | Imports were valued at £5,516m last month , down by over £100m on the March figure . |
| 10 | Arsenal hold the Maceeter trophy but were watched at Wolves last week by Vengloss , keen to impress on his first test in English football . |
| 11 | The company 's other brands , Victory V and Hacks , were bought by Cadbury last week . |
| 12 | The Kennel Club 's Bill Edmond added : ‘ 225 Rottweilers were shown at Crufts last year without a snarl or a growl from any of them . ’ |
| 13 | MORE than 52 million single records were sold in Britain last year , nearly one for every man , woman and child in the country . |
| 14 | The first rules will include a ban on petrol-powered lawn-mowers ( $81 m worth of such mowers were sold in California last year ) . |
| 15 | SHARP increases in the price of petrol and car tax discs were greeted with anger last night by Britain 's motoring organisations . |
| 16 | Three of the five men named in the latest militant list were brought to Srinagar last night . |
| 17 | The band , currently re-equipping after most of their instruments were stolen in Burnley last month , play and London Finsbury Park Cult In The Park Festival ( headlining the second stage ) . |
| 18 | Some variety was brought into the humdrum life at the gallery by the arrival of the Italian carabinieri , who found the works from the Tretyakov which were stolen in Genoa last year . |
| 19 | The two Canadians , Michael Karl McNeil , 26 , and Ralph Wilson , were arrested in April last year in the lobby of the Chiang Mai Orchid Hotel in North Thailand . |
| 20 | The revelation comes as an oil industry survey claims 84 per cent of forecourts were hit by crime last year . |
| 21 | PEOPLE enjoying an evening out in Edinburgh pubs , clubs and restaurants were asked by police last night if they had any information about two men involved in the fatal stabbing early last Saturday of a student , Paul Sheldon . |
| 22 | The Scottish figures which were announced in outline last December were mapped out in detail in the report Serving Scotland 's Needs , published yesterday . |
| 23 | FIVE people were taken to hospital last night after this BMW was involved in a smash with a Vauxhall Cavalier car at the junction of Great Howard Street and Lightbody Street , Everton , Liverpool . |
| 24 | RANGERS ' European Cup plans were thrown into turmoil last night with three key players in doubt for tomorrow 's meeting with Marseille at Ibrox Park . |
| 25 | Resellers report that Sun 's new 50MHz Tsunami-based SparcClassic and LX machines , introduced last month and advertised as immediately available , were put on allocation last week . |
| 26 | A total of 32,350 tonnes of aluminium were recycled in Europe last year ( an increase from 25,000 tonnes in 1990 ) . |
| 27 | Today it 's been revealed the board were warned in March last year about the state of their finances by officials from West Oxfordshire District council . |
| 28 | Terence Maul , who 'd erected the fence , and his son Graig , were cleared of murder last year , but today the Allis family went to court to prove Tony Allis had indeed owned the land . |
| 29 | Terence Maul , who 'd erected the fence , and his son Graig , were cleared of murder last year , but today the Allis family went to court to prove Tony Allis had indeed owned the land . |
| 30 | An estimated 10,000 penguins were killed in Patagonia last year as a result of oil spills and other pollution . |