Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was after ten o'clock , and he would be quite right to disapprove , if it were n't for the fact that , in spite of appearances , she had slept for only a few hours last night . |
| 2 | did quite a few graphs last time , and you 're good on algebra , manipulating things , you 're good on trig , vectors and matrices , how do you feel about those ? |
| 3 | I saw him play a few times last year when they were still in the premier div. and was fairly impressed however I have n't seen his form this season and I 'm sure a year in Div.1 wo n't have improved him . |
| 4 | ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’ |
| 5 | Stella , before Howard leaves , will you fix for him to fly to New Canaan for a few days last spring … ? ’ |
| 6 | For a few days last week it looked as though United States voters would behave as British voters did earlier this year and swing back to the devil they knew . |
| 7 | the Duke had a 100 winners last season his best ever … |
| 8 | PAUL GASCOIGNE broke a thousand hearts last night when he revealed the name of the person he hopes to marry — Lazio captain Claudio Sclosa , the player he debagged at Spurs . |
| 9 | The Oxford-based charity Oxfam made more than a quarter of a million pounds last year from second-hand and home-made toys . |
| 10 | Oxford United lost almost half a million pounds last season despite selling off several key players . |