Example sentences of "last [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silver-haired Lt Drebin 's last case netted Red rock producers Taunton Cider 24 awards worldwide and quadrupled British cider sales last year . |
| 2 | The soldiers had orders not to shoot except as a last resort to save human life . |
| 3 | ROGER Shute , whose takeover of the helm of Ross Consumer Electronics last Friday quadrupled that company 's share price , excited the market again yesterday by reporting sharply higher profits for BM Group , the industrial holding group where he is chairman and chief executive . |
| 4 | Mr Li used the normally staid platform of the National People 's Congress in Beijing yesterday to make an unprecedented attack on the colony 's governor , Chris Patten , who last Friday published proposed democracy laws when China refused talks or negotiations . |
| 5 | In a last bid to gain full control over the port the German government offered Poland guaranteed rights of access if the Poles would allow the city to revert to the Reich . |
| 6 | We have already dropped our International Tax section and this is the last issue to include European Briefing : both sections had relatively little support from readers . |
| 7 | Mr Laurie Bull was the last teacher to enjoy this facility . |
| 8 | This last point implies that psychoanalysis , as such , is not concerned with the truth or falsity of religious beliefs , and that it rather counteracts the earlier arguments about religious beliefs being neither justified by sense experience nor rational arguments . |
| 9 | William McCutcheon and Edward McHugh appeared at Derry Magistrates Court last Monday to face 10 drug charges between them . |
| 10 | The danger of a conjuncture between the heirs of Pugachev and those of Radishchev haunted the government and fired the desperate efforts of Nicholas 's last years to silence all criticism . |
| 11 | After the second last Pitman sneaked another look behind him , and this telegraphed to Brian Fletcher that all was not lost . |
| 12 | The Scottish Enterprise Foundation , a consortium of companies and public bodies formed last November to encourage new business in Scotland , is inviting students with bright ideas to submit them to a panel of entrepreneurs and experts . |
| 13 | The council 's ruling Labour group decided last November to seek legal advice from counsel about taking action against the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser . |
| 14 | ‘ Look , Mr Cohen , ’ he appealed , ‘ I 'll give you one last chance to sign that cheque . |
| 15 | If this by itself were not sufficient grounds for paying Spain more attention than it has hitherto received , the development of the country 's industrial relations over the last decade provides ample material for fertile investigation . |
| 16 | At first he had under-estimated the consequences of Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait , returning to Baghdad from Britain last October to see two post-graduate students through their exams . |
| 17 | VARDON , the expanding leisure group which runs the London Dungeon and last October bought nine Sea Life centres , including those at Oban and St Andrews , yesterday reported nearly trebled pre-tax profits of £2.43 million for 1992 . |
| 18 | This custom continued under David Barclay , who entertained there George I in 1714 , George II in 1727 , and the young George III and his new bride in 1761 , the last occasion attracting widespread interest in the metropolitan press . |
| 19 | The French government had argued in favour of " balanced trade " between the two blocs but at the last minute accepted this wording . |
| 20 | The final take off comes in December when the last bombers leave British soil . |
| 21 | PRESIDENT Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania last night defied international condemnation of the massacre of demonstrators by his security forces at the weekend as reports indicated tens of thousands had again taken to the streets of in Timisoara , escalating the crisis . |
| 22 | They appeared to have lost the art for a while ; last night went some way towards suggesting they had got it back . |
| 23 | VINNIE JONES was last night offered financial help to pay off his £20,000 FA fine by the company that produced his controversial soccer video . |
| 24 | The TUC was last night seeking legal advice and threatened to take the Government to court for alleged breach of European law , claiming that scrapping the councils discriminated against women . |
| 25 | SHOW giants Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh last night threatened legal action that could ruin a top amateur theatre group . |
| 26 | TOUGH guy Vinny Jones last night saluted British soccer 's legendary hard-men — comparing them to heroes in war-time . |
| 27 | However the Scottish Office last night challenged that figure . |
| 28 | MERSEY Tunnel officials were last night welcoming increased business and faster traffic flows . |
| 29 | HOWARD WILKINSON last night slammed Third Division Barnet for bringing football into disrepute as Barry Fry was sacked again — this time for real . |
| 30 | LEEDS boss Howard Wilkinson last night slammed Third Division Barnet for bringing football into disrepute as Barry Fry was sacked again — this time for real . |